Rd half marathon

[novice]

Proposing to do a road half marathon but don’t intend to actually do any road running as training as I’ll be doing all my running in the fells in prep for Borrowdale

Is this a bad plan as I really do no road running at all?

[IanDarkpeak]

Proposing to do a road half marathon but don’t intend to actually do any road running as training as I’ll be doing all my running in the fells in prep for Borrowdale

Is this a bad plan as I really do no road running at all?

The hill running will help your strength/stamina but on a road the tempo or pace is higher and you may struggle with this.

I'm not a road lover but do at least 1 run a week on roads as this means I can maintain a better pace on the hill. Works for me.

[shaunaneto]

I'll second Ian there, if you can put together a flat and unbroken(no stiles etc) xc route that might also work well.

[IanDarkpeak]

I'll second Ian there, if you can put together a flat and unbroken(no stiles etc) xc route that might also work well.

If your free for some long runs again Shaun drop me a line.

[shaunaneto]

If your free for some long runs again Shaun drop me a line.

Just done that via PM

[DazTheSlug]

Proposing to do a road half marathon but don’t intend to actually do any road running as training as I’ll be doing all my running in the fells in prep for Borrowdale

Is this a bad plan as I really do no road running at all?

if you want to try to get a good time on a flattish route (Macclesfield) I would say you'd need to do some miles on the road to tweak up your "running economy", find out what would be a sensible target pace, and prepare your system for the repetitive battering that it's going to get

but if you were going to do a hilly one (Buxton) and not worry so much about absolute time, you could get away with no road training