Jefferson Bethlehem Running Festival
Bethlehem, PA, US · Trail
Half Marathon ·21.1 km
18 October 2026
Organizer-confirmed event dates · checked Oct 2, 2026· Date source
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Your 1-week training plan
The organizer-confirmed date and distance shape this generic plan. Vertical targets stay blank until course elevation is verified.
1 week and 4 days cannot replace a full build. This plan preserves existing fitness, rehearses race demands and tapers.
Proceed only if the stated recent training genuinely reflects your current preparation.
Use it for race-effort sessions and race day. Easy runs stay easy whatever the goal; the plan's efforts come from how you run now.
The plan starts 12 October 2026, 1 weeks from now. Until then, easy running at your usual volume keeps you ready for week 1; the season planner can fill those weeks with base training.
Default starting point: 28 stable km/week, longest recent outing 13 km, 4 running days/week, aiming to finish well.
No connected training history is used. Unanswered details remain conservative assumptions.
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Plan assumptions and limits
- Unknown ascent (D+): the engine omits vertical targets rather than inventing them.
- Short-runway maintenance mode does not raise weekly load above the stated stable starting point.
- Only 1 week and 4 days are available instead of the normal 12 weeks; this is a compressed, finish-focused build.
- Generic planning guidance from race facts and stated training — not medical care or individual coaching.
- Consecutive long trail outings are not established in your recent training. This plan keeps one main long outing with short easy sessions immediately around it; removed minutes are not made up. Race ambition and planned weeks do not establish this experience.
- Training distances and durations are approximate alternatives, not pace targets. Use current effort, not a hoped-for finish time. Repeat or shorten a week if recovery is poor; do not make up missed sessions.
Week 1: Arrive rested; avoid last-minute fitness work10.1 km before the race
- Easy run
35 min (about 4.4 km). Keep this short and conversational. The goal is freshness, not fitness.
- Easy pre-race run
30 min (about 3.8 km). Run conversationally. If already familiar, include a few relaxed strides with full recovery; otherwise stay easy.
- Optional shakeout
15 min (about 1.9 km). Rest, or jog very easily if that reliably helps you feel better.
- Race day
Run the 21.1 km as planned: start controlled and use the fuelling and kit rehearsed in training.