Vincent Meheut

Half Marathon Training on a Treadmill: Incline, Speed and Workouts

Learn how to train for a half marathon on a treadmill with practical incline guidance, speed conversions, key workouts and long-run strategies.

Learn when to run a 5K or 10K tune-up race before a half marathon, how hard to race, how to recover and how to use the result.

Use this practical half marathon recovery plan for the first hour, first three days and return to running over the following two weeks.

Use this practical half marathon warm-up with easy running, dynamic drills, strides and timing options for beginners, PB attempts, heat and cold.

Learn how fast and how long a recovery run should be, where it fits in half-marathon training, and when rest is the better choice.

Learn when to schedule a cutback week, how much mileage to reduce, which workouts to keep and how to resume half-marathon training.

Learn how many days to leave between hard running workouts, with practical half-marathon schedules for threshold, intervals, long runs and strength.

Use this two-day half marathon strength training plan to build runner-specific strength without compromising your key workouts, long runs or taper.

Use this half marathon pace chart to find pace per kilometre, pace per mile and cumulative 5K splits for finish times from 1:10 to 3:00.

Most runners need 12–16 weeks to train for a half marathon. Use your current running base, longest run and goal to choose an 8–28+ week timeline.