Quick update on where Project 95 stands.
I'm about four weeks into the seven-week build toward a 1:35 half marathon. Right now my threshold pace is 6:57/mile at 183 bpm — basically the same as my half marathon goal pace. Every hard session this block is right at the edge, not padded.
Here's what's surprised me: my watch has me projecting into the low 1:30s already, ahead of where I expected to be at this point. The hard part isn't adding more mileage. It's holding back on easy days so the hard ones actually count.
That's the real shift. A few years ago I would've just pushed every run because I could. Now I trust the plan and back off when I'm supposed to.
Drop a 🔥 if you know what it's like to hold back so the real work hits harder.