I have a question about training for a late-season half-marathon. Before I ask it, let me explain.

In the past, I have run in some road races. I actually started doing Triathlons as part of my recovery routine from my first marathon in May. I have since run in two sprint distance Triathlons (July and September) and loved them. The hardest part of switching from a marathon to sprint tri was the mental aspect of telling myself that I do not need to run six days a week to be properly trained. I have not really had any long runs past 60 minutes since I ran my marathon.

I plan on running a Half Marathon at the end of November. Most half marathon training plans are run specific, including the plan that I used to run this race same last year. My goal is to do some longer triathlons next year and I want to maintain some of the work that I have done this year while still having an off season of sort.

So now the question, what type of training plan should I use for a simple half-marathon? A run specific plan or a half ironman with reduced bike and swim?

Thanks for you input.