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Marathon Training Plan & Guide

Marathon Training Plans, Training Guides, Meal Planners for Runners, Free 'Online Training Calendar' to help track your training & runs. See Forum for fellow Marathon runners & their progress.


Marathon Training Plans

If you're running a Marathon then follow our Marathon training plans.

Intermediate Marathon training plan

Beginners Marathon Training Plan

This plan is designed for a beginner runner who would like to run a marathon and for more experienced runners who have not run longer distances for some time.


Intermediate Marathong training plan

Intermediate Marathon training plan

A 16-week plan suitable if you've already run a 10k or half marathon and would now like to step up to half marathon distance.


Advanced Marathon training plan

Advanced Marathon training plan

A 16-week plan suitable if you consider yourself to be a fairly advanced runner with experience of completing half marathons and marathons and are looking to better your marathon PB.


For more advice, see our Marathon Training Advice section.

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