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How To Run a Half Marathon in Under 2 Hours

2025-04-04 Sports
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Top Comments (10)

@MattWarren100k 2025-04-04

This time last year I ran a half in 2:32, this year at the same race I ran 1:44 following your training plan, and using your videos as motivation! Thanks for all of your hard work ✌🏻

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@benj6107 2025-04-04

I misread the title, and thought it said how to run a marathon in under 2 hours! Thought it was a bit late for April Fools 😂

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@BlakesAquatics 2025-04-05

I am literally going for my first sub 2 hour half tomorrow morning 😂. Music to my ears with the indicators since i can do 25 min 5km and 55 min 10km runs. Im going to do this 🙏

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@davidmackintosh429 2025-04-05

I finally got a sub 2 hour 21.1 km this week. It just made me realise how hard a 4 hour marathon is going to be 😂

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@FitLawyerK 2025-04-04

Just signed up for my first half marathon! After clocking a 10K in 55 minutes, I was ready to dive in and start searching for a training plan. Ben Parkes, here we go 🏃‍♂️💨

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@diagnosid 2025-07-20

Watched this last night. Finished my Half Marathon is 1:58:55 today! Thank you so much! The pacing tips helped!

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@duckeditz793 2025-07-30

This makes kipchoge look like an extraterrestrial.

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@andytlwy 2025-04-04

Sub 2 feels amazing!!! Good luck to everyone training or planning to smash it! 💪👏

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@IzZYh98 2025-04-28

I got sub 2 yesterday!! So happy 🥳

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@MaryNoLimitsShorts 2025-11-18

I run my first half marathon in February!

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