Run With Hal 3.7.0

Run With Hal offers personalized training plans tailored to your individual running routine, fitness level, and daily commitments, drawing on Hal Higdon's expertise to prepare you for distances ranging from 5Ks to Marathons or to help you enhance your fitness through running.

Hal Higdon customizes an optimal plan based on your personal aspirations and background, crafting a schedule that integrates key workouts on your available running days. The plan dynamically adjusts to changes in your schedule, fitness level, and objectives. Run With Hal can even accommodate non-running periods like vacations and include any additional events you're preparing for. Upon completing your initial plan, you can set new goals, and Hal will develop a fresh plan aligned with your ambitions. Each workout in the plan specifies the appropriate speed and duration, supplemented by daily insights from Hal Higdon to support you in accomplishing your goals and deepening your understanding of running.

Run with Hal Features:

• Choose your target event for a personalized training plan tailored by Hal Higdon to optimize your readiness for race day.
• Smart and Adaptive Plans
• Customizations based on YOUR SCHEDULE!
• Determining weekly run days
• Selecting your preferred Long Run day
• Accounting for special circumstances where you can't run (e.g., vacation or work-related trips)
• Personalized pace according to your present fitness level, whether you run a 20-minute or 50-minute 5K.
• Add extra events, and Hal will revise your plan accordingly.
• If life circumstances shift, Hal will update your plan in response to alterations in your schedule, fitness level, goals, and completed training sessions.
• Receive detailed daily workouts detailing distance, duration, and paces.
• Daily training guidance from Hal on improving as a runner.
• Utilize your phone's GPS to record runs.
• Sync Garmin runs to track completed workouts.
• Log run details and how you felt to receive possible plan adjustments from Hal.
• Monitor progress, adherence to the plan, and upcoming steps.
• Access training plan statistics like average pace and total distance covered.
• Maintain records of Personal Records achieved.
• Receive motivational push notifications from Hal reminding you of scheduled workouts or logging today's miles to help you progress towards your goals.
• The support team is available for any inquiries regarding plan personalization, ensuring you receive accurate assistance.

Run with Hal offers over 30 of Hal Higdon’s acclaimed training plans:

• Marathon Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• Half Marathon Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• 15K (10 mile) Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• 10K Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• 8K Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• 5K Novice, Intermediate, Advanced
• 50K Ultramarathon
• Base Training

About Coach Hal Higdon:

An esteemed figure hailed as “the internet’s best-known running training plan guru,” Hal Higdon offers plans catering to all distances, skill levels, and pacing preferences. Leveraging insights from his renowned publication "Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide," Higdon brings over half a century of coaching wisdom and training expertise to guide runners from novice to advanced levels.

In addition to being a Contributing Editor for Runner’s World since 1966—a testament to his enduring influence on the running community—Hal has penned dozens of books including "Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide" and "Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training." In recognition of his outstanding career in writing relevant content, he received the prestigious Career Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors in 2003.

Higdon’s engaging storytelling resonates with his extensive online following through his website, Facebook profile, and Twitter handle. Residing in Long Beach, Indiana with a picturesque view of Lake Michigan, Hal enjoys family life surrounded by three children and nine grandchildren.