Great Training App...But.... – Running plan by Gipis coach. Run 5K, 10K, half marathon & marathon training program + RunKeeper Review

I am a previous MapMyRun user but needed some help with pacing while training for my first half. I really, really like that this app creates a plan based on your previous abilities, which ensures that (hopefully) your risk of injury decreases because you don't push yourself harder than what your body is capable of. My only issue with that is...a lot of the plan had me running at my easy pace for less than 1 hour. When you train at an easy pace and only throw in a few "harder" paced sessions at long distances, your body learns to run at the easy pace. So when my half marathon day rolled around, I didn't even come close to my goal. This was frustrating to me because I had been training for months. Now perhaps that was an unrealistic goal for my first half, but it was also the goal projected by Gipis. I've signed up for another half and I'm going to follow Gipis' plan religiously again and see if it can get me to my goal. If not, I'll probably be on the lookout for a new training plan.
Review by TessM&M on Running plan by Gipis coach. Run 5K, 10K, half marathon & marathon training program + RunKeeper.