He Took 21 Minutes Off His Half Marathon — No Taper
All In Run Club Podcast - by Lee Grantham
- Published
- July 23, 2026
- Duration
- 8:18
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
Discusses health.
Summary
He took 21 minutes off his half marathon in one training block — no taper, tired legs.If your marathon is this autumn, you are exactly where he is: 13 weeks out.This is the method.This runner had never raced. His half marathon best was 1:52, run alone in training. One block of structured, individualized marathon training later, he ran 1:31 — nearly 19% fa…
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He took 21 minutes off his half marathon in one training block — no taper, tired legs.If your marathon is this autumn, you are exactly where he is: 13 weeks out.This is the method.This runner had never raced. His half marathon best was 1:52, run alone in training. One block of structured, individualized marathon training later, he ran 1:31 — nearly 19% faster, almost a minute per kilometer — and this weekend he repeated that time on loaded, trained legs in the middle of a marathon build, without
Themes
- health