I am an avid runner living in Green Bay, WI. I ran cross country and track in high school for Notre Dame Academy and then 1 year at St. Norbert College before transferring to UW-Madison to pursue my career. I took some time off running, but when I eventually moved back to Green Bay, WI for work, I started assisting coaching my old high school cross country team. Outside of cross country season, I have run many 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons.

The plan I have developed here is for intermediate and above runners. In other words, if you are comfortable running 30-50 miles per week and are seeking a PR at the half marathon distance, this is the plan for you. It's specifically the plan for you if your family and work lives are busy. I work a full-time job when I'm not raising my 1.5 year old with my wife. Some people have time to join a running club, and there is nothing at all wrong with that. I don't have that luxury, so most of my running is done alone or with my good running buddies. This plan is flexible and it worked. The two years prior I had followed other plans, not really building in my own needs, and ended up peaking early and hitting the race line overly fatigued. After 3 years of training for halfs, I finally earned a PR that I was proud of.

This plan is inspired by Matt Fitzgerald and Brad Hudson's book "Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Coach." None of my ideas are novel, but over the years of coaching and running, I've curated the many strategies and training plans I've lived out, successfully and unsuccessfully, into a program that I know will work for the average "Joe" with a busy family/work life.