Want To Run A Sub 1 Hour 30 Minute Half Marathon? Here's How!

Is running a sub 1 hour 30 minute half marathon one of your goals? If yes, you're in the right place! I've run over 20 half marathons faster than this time over the years, and in this video I share my top tips for what has worked for me to allow me to run this speed in the half marathon.
Essentially, a sub 1 hour 30 minute half marathon takes various things working together including decent training, a good level of fitness, a sensible training approach, amongst many others.
Thanks for watching, go and smash that sub 1 hour 30 minute half marathon!
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Timestamps
00:00 - A sub 1h 30m half marathon
00:46 - Choose the right race
01:41 - Up the distance
02:30 - 80/20
03:23 - Fartlek/Interval sessions
05:09 - Training at target pace
05:41 - Honourable common sense mentions
05:38 - Race day strategy
06:27 - Finale
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[@runningcafe1]

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[@markg99]

Solid advice there, Craig 👍🏻🏃‍♂️ I'm a bit of a way of that target time but I'm sure the same principle applies to other goal times.

[@runningcafe1]

Cheers Mark. Yes, absolutely the principles do apply to other goal times. You did really well in your first (I think it was your first?) half marathon which you posted the other month. Obviously you have the ultra coming up, but if you do another half soon I reckon you'd smash it!

[@marklikesit4523]

I ran 1:30:02 in my last half marathon! So close, I've got Manchester in a month so will try some of your tips :D

[@Alex82791]

I’m running my first half towards the end of July, hoping to get 6:45-6:48 pace 😅 Going to work hard towards it and hope I get there lol. Thank you!

[@tworunningbrooms]

I remember my first sub 1:30 HM. Bridlington 2001. It came off the back of increasing mileage and varying the pace of my runs. Dawn's was at Bournemouth so we obviously like sea air courses!

[@ludovicchanu9677]

That's my goal this year, i'll keep you posted on how it works. My PB is currently 1h35. Those pending 5 min will be hard to crush

[@runningcafe1]

Excellent. Yes, do keep me posted on when you achieve it. 1h 35m is a good PB for the half marathon and you are more than capable of smashing the 1h 30m time. Best of luck my friend

[@zydrunasjursa9338]

Thank you for video. Love it. My half PB is 1:38, I think 1:30 is too much for this year. Sub 3:30 marathon tips please. Thank you.

[@runningcafe1]

Thanks very much for the kind words. I might make a video about a sub 3:30 marathon. Many of the tips from this video will apply, but there would be some extra tips needed to help with the strategy during the race including nutrition, pacing etc Thanks!

[@seid5378]

New to running and I ran my second half marathon and I didn't stop jogging yet I still finished 1 hr55mins. Do I need to sprint most of it?

[@runningcafe1]

It depends on what time you want to get, your training, race day nutrition etc. If you are happy with a 1h 55m finish but you want to get faster perhaps try training more and mixing up the training runs e.g., hill sprints, more elevation, intervals, tempo runs

[@kennethmartinez2089]

Im running my first ever race (half marathon) on March 3 and I’m going for a 1:30-1:40 time

[@runningcafe1]

Good luck, you got this!

[@guptanyera9055]

I ran 21km in 2:30min🥲 yoh i gave my best😭😂 but nah we goin for that 1:30🏃‍♂️💯

[@conradburdekin722]

I ran a hilly 10k yesterday in a pb of 43:39 (including having to stop 80 metres from the end to puke 😂). Running a sub 130 half seems like witchcraft 😂

[@runningcafe1]

Well done on the 10k PB mate. That's impressive considering hills, not ideal conditions at all. Hope the feeling of wanting to puke wasn't too intense, lol!