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Thanks I’ll check both of those out. Which out the HH plans do you think I should go with?
Current running is mostly about getting miles in - one or two hilly runs per week (race pace), one long run (tempo) and one speed session on track or intervals.
Plan is to do a HM in early summer
Tenderloin-
If you're already doing hills and intervals then Advanced 1 (one "speed" session per week), or even Advanced 2 (2 x speed sessions per week). To be honest, you can use either one as a template and guide to building up the volume, and just tweak either way according to how you're feeling, e.g. I see that Advanced 2 has a couple of proper sessions midweek, but then often the weekend has a longish run at "race pace" on the Saturday, and the Sunday long run. I think these sessions actually work well back-to-back because you get used to running your long run on tired legs... BUT it might be a bit much if you're tired from the week. So maybe Advanced 1 to begin with and see how you get on. Being able to build up the long run mileage is a lot more important than getting your rep times down.
PhilPub
Run more! :-)
Two of my favourite sources for training schedules are Hal Higdon's online plans and Pfitzinger & Douglas "Advanced Marathoning". Both have different level schedules depending on experience and/or mileage. How much "quality" running are you used to? If you're comfortable with regular interval training, P&D plans are really useful. However if most of your running is easy pace/less structured you might find it easier to follow a HH plan, and tweak it as you go along.
You've got plenty of time to play with, however it's never too soon to start building up, with a specific eye towards the plan you're going to follow. So if the plan has you starting on 50k per week, get used to some 50k weeks (or more), perhaps building up to a target HM in the Spring. Having an intermediate target race will help with focusing training, rather than feeling like you're building up to something 9 months away.
I've run my two fastest times at Berlin. Bloody great race!