Why every “12-week plan” is different
The title describes the race block, not the runner who may enter it. The B.A.A. first-timer plan begins with multiple 2–3-mile runs and a 5-mile long run. Great Run offers both beginner and run/walk tracks with different starting assumptions. Neither is a couch-to-half-marathon promise.
Separate 12-week run/walk, beginner, and improver plans illustrate why the correct track depends on current capacity.
Count backward with room
Place the 12-week block on the calendar, then add two buffer weeks for illness, travel, or repeating a build week. If the base is not ready before that window begins, choose a later race rather than forcing the date.
Fitness is not the only clock
Long-run fueling, clothing, shoes, travel, and recovery also need rehearsal. A plan that barely reaches the distance while leaving no time to test execution is not complete preparation.
Run More! You can do it!
RunTeaming is an Android running league. Your best qualifying run of the week becomes your score on a five-runner team. The app supplies the team and matches it against another team near its level, so you do not have to recruit anyone or share a time or place.
Use the button to email the Google account on your Android phone. You will get a reply with the current access instructions.
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