I have just set up my running plans to train for a half marathon. I have about 8 months (37 weeks) until the event and I am using HH's novice 1, novice 2, and intermediate to help get me there.  As I was maping this out on my google calendar, I realized I finish a week before the actual half marathon.

Should I move the intermediate plan back a week or should I take it easy that week?

If I leave it finishing a week early, should I go ahead and run a practice half marathon the weekend before?  (I am a little anxious to do this.  I'd like to wait and run it for the race weekend.  the weekend I finish is also the weekend of the first 5k I ran this past year and I'd like to run it again.)

Thanks for the advice!