MARATHON TRAINING PLAN GUIDE | How To Structure Your Training Plan + Running Workouts + My Plans

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All my marathon training plans (free to download and customise, all plans in miles and km) - IN ORDER OF RUNNING EXPERIENCE LEVEL / DIFFICULTY:

Couch To Marathon Training Plan ▶

6 Month Beginner Marathon Training Plan ▶

20 Week Rookie Marathon Training Plan ▶

16 Week ‘First Time’ Marathon Training Plan ▶

Sub 4 Hour Marathon Training Plan ▶

12 Week Marathon Training Plan ▶

Sub 3 Hour Marathon Training Plan ▶

20 Week Advanced Marathon Training Plan ▶

20 Week Advanced (INTENSE) Marathon Training Plan ▶

00:00 - Marathon Training Plans Intro
01:53 - Why You Should Follow A Marathon Training Plan
02:36 - There's No One-Size-Fits-All Plan
03:57 - Elements Of A Marathon Training Plan
04:02 - Regular Training Runs
04:55 - Long Runs
05:23 - Speed Work
06:16 - Strength Training + Mobility
07:10 - Rest Days
08:09 - Populating The Marathon Training Plan
12:12 - Managing Mileage Increases
15:01 - The Marathon Taper
16:36 - My Free Training Plan Library
17:08 - What To Do With Your Marathon Training Plan

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[marathonhandbook]

Hope you guys enjoyed this chat through marathon training plans! Sound off with any questions below!

[harbster]

This is the best marathon advice video on the internet, and believe me I've looked. Thanks for this wonderful help.

[MarioatSA]

Yea... if your goal is to just finish the marathon then the advice on long runs is solid. That being said, if you are chasing a respectable time, you simply have to incorporate marathon pace into those long runs.

[happydays]

Great job. Appreciate your help. Ive taken some great tips and advice from this

[khairulfadli]

Planning for my first marathon.. Worth plan to follow.. Thanks for the guidance..

[tijsmeussen]

Interesting one! Only thing I really want to understand more about is how to structure those speed/ treshold/ tempo sessions… Those always feel very “random” to me. I want to learn to make them myself, but I cant find the right information

[peteronfilm]

Using your 16wk program for my first, this coming May. Really enjoying it. I have entered a half marathon on Sunday. It's supposed to have been a 24km long iirc, but I needed to see how running among lots of other runners is. Will try and keep my pace as low as my previous long runs. I do wish I'd found this video earlier.

[letsgoooooo]

What if I want to prepare for half marathon? I just divide everything by 2 or?

[Neves]

Perfect timing on this video as I've just started planning out my training for my 2nd marathon in September. Thanks for the great tips on your website and newsletter!

[JK-nhjp]

never realized how amazing your accent is, only read your articles. are you Scottish?

[pauricgrant]

are you half german half scottish? your accent is so unique, my brain is like, whats going on here, haha

[GTE_Channel]

I love YouTubes auto subtitles, but I'm not sure I'm going to try fart lick training.

[vitorpereira]

rest on Saturday and Monday? I don't agree. Rest should be dispersed by the week. If you make rest on Saturday, next rest day should be Tuesday. Dont need to have rest before and after long run! After long rum makes very good to make an recovery run from long run! Next day rest (Rest should be gym, pool, bicycle)....