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[Posting on behalf of /u/Percinho who is busy trying on his new tri suit that he got on Black Friday sale]
I’m running 30 mi/wk and have a half marathon coming up in a couple of weeks. I just hit my first 9mi run and plan on hitting an 11mi run exactly a week before the race. What’s a good de-load for that week? I was thinking 2mi/day and maybe a 5mi day about 4 days before and resting the 2 days before the race.
TIA!
Couple comments above has a good half training plan with a de-load week. 4 miles, 3 miles, 2 easy miles before race day.