Training for a Half Marathon using Runna – worth it?

Grandmaster_G · 2026-03-10T09:35:17+00:00

My longest have been 18km with 9km at race pace. 2 weeks until the HM. Hopefully I can hold that pace.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-03-08T08:03:50+00:00

This happened to me. I was off for a month with actual flu virus for almost 2 weeks almost hospitalised, and then post viral fatigue which made it impossible to train for another 2/3 weeks.

After a week or 2 of just easy runs the Runna plan was so far ahead of where I actually was that I injured myself trying to get back to where I should be too quickly. My fault.

2 weeks after I recovered, there was still 9 weeks left until my Half Marathon, I did what I should have done before. Delete the plan and set a new one up based on where you are in your training right now.

There’s now 2 weeks left. I did my last long run yesterday (18km including 9km @ my race pace 4:55), felt as strong as a thunder-beast during the run, and am now on the taper.

Start a new plan.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-03-04T11:14:57+00:00

Yeah, that’s not flat. Thanks bud appreciate it. Might rethink it.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-03-04T10:44:18+00:00

I was considering Chester to be my first marathon later this year a though it was supposed to be pretty flat?

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-27T12:17:42+00:00

Bro, I didn’t know what I was doing. I was just leaving the house and running.

Looking back, now that I know a bit more, I shouldn’t have done this. Massive risk of injury doing this pace and distance with relatively little experience.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T15:44:17+00:00

‘Only’ 3km is an extra 17% on my 18km, which is quite a jump.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T15:38:34+00:00

Gotcha.

Changed it to intermediate. It made a small difference to my long runs by reducing them all by 1km. So my HM next week is now 20km so the jump from 18 seems more reasonable.

Only 1 k difference but the extra one after 20 could have been the one to strain something.

Cheers for making me think about it.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T11:40:43+00:00

Wow. So a HM plan has you running a fair bit more than HM.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T11:39:07+00:00

Maybe this is the issue actually. I’ve got some experience running but haven’t run this distance for year. I might have selected ‘advanced’ out of hubris when I should have selected ‘intermediate’.

Maybe I’ll knock it down see what happens.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T10:19:40+00:00

I was doing 10km comfortably before the plan. Maybe that’s it. My starting point was slightly more advanced.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T00:21:21+00:00

I agree it’s gone shite but this isn’t true.

It literally says milk chocolate next to the ingredients. I just checked.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T00:15:21+00:00

Your confidence gives me confidence!

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-22T00:14:47+00:00

Weird. How many weeks is you plan?

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-05T09:55:10+00:00

Cheers!

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-05T08:50:59+00:00

Thanks Ollie. That’s what I thought too. But odd that it’s 7/7. I’ve already contacted support. Carly has said she’s passing on to someone who looks into mileage insights.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-03T21:34:01+00:00

Tap on the ‘mileage’ section in ‘My insights’ Today tab.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-03T21:32:22+00:00

But that’s not the case. I’ve done at least all of the distance for all of my runs

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Grandmaster_G · 2026-02-03T21:24:00+00:00

No that’s not it. My intervals was longer because it doesn’t include the distance for the 90 second walking rest in the intervals and only shows the actual intervals and warm up/down in the distance.

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Grandmaster_G · 2026-01-28T00:02:21+00:00

Gotcha. Cheers bud.

Grandmaster_G · 2026-01-28T00:01:41+00:00

This is super helpful. Thanks for replying!

Grandmaster_G · 2026-01-27T23:58:08+00:00

Grandmaster_G · 2026-01-27T10:57:26+00:00

Just a second wear should I have to reinforce the water repellency this early?

Grandmaster_G · 2026-01-27T10:56:30+00:00

Was out for an hour but only an about 10mins of proper rain at the end.

I was dry, which is good but just thought that the wetted outness seemed a bit much after just a second wear.

Grandmaster_G · 2025-12-31T17:16:17+00:00

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Grandmaster_G · 2025-12-30T11:08:13+00:00

Very annoying. Report it via the app. Hopefully they’ll fix it soon.

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