I’m training for a half marathon, starting from being able to run two miles.
My objective: finish and don’t walk any part of it. Time/speed is irrelevant.
My strategy: three runs a week, two shorter and one longer. Get the long run to 13 miles by increasing distance 1/2 a mile every week. Today I ran 5 miles. In 16 weeks I will be at race distance.
The short runs also get increased weekly. At the moment they are at 4 miles. I am not sure how I will maintain a sane differential between long and short runs. Right now they are indistinguishable.
Increase overall weekly distance by about 10% each week. I will allocate a bit more to the long run and split the rest between the two short runs.
All the complexity from YouTube is comical. I’m happy.