Only Video You Need To Run a Sub 3 Hour Marathon

Here are 7(ish) of the most important tips to run your first sub 3 hour marathon. If you had to take one thing away from the video it's this... CONSISTENCY IS KEY. Enjoy!

0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Weekly Mileage
1:33 - Structure Your Training Week
5:24 - Racing a Test Half Marathon
5:47 - Sleep and Diet
7:01 - Shoes
7:28 - Running on Soft Surface
7:44 - Core, Stretching, and Recovery
8:36 - Tapering For Your Race
9:11 - Race Strategy
11:00 - Fueling During Race
12:02 - See You at Boston!

[harryruns]

This is great info and straight to the point! Love it. Ran 3.09 last year, hoping to go sub 3 this September 💪

[Lurorunner.]

Good stuff. The best marathon I ever had (2:48) I started out at 7/mile pace and dropped the pace mile by mile. I think starting even more conservatively is the way to go.

[JoeyOmegaGames]

Best video on here for marathon stuff etc thanks

[larslysdahl]

This is the best video I have seen on this topic. Specific, short, to the point.

[gabriellex]

cheers from brazil! just raced my 2nd marathon 3h55, I'll start working for a 3h30 and then 3h with this solid tips! great job

[NotChris]

watched this video and still ran over 5 hours for my marathon. so it seems you need more than just this video

[blubloos]

Thanks Shane! I will use this information to run sub 3 for the first time. You have played a part in my journey

[DaveNash]

underrated video with amazing visuals to boot

[PancakeTiger]

I'm a month out from my first marathon. I've only been seriously running again for a few months. I plan on my peak week just being 55, as I have only been working up to 40 recently. I have no expectation for my time but as the marathon I am running in is a smaller, trail run I plan on staying up front for as long as I can. This was great video refresher for me on all the little things, that we as runners often graze over!

[RunFocused]

Thank you so much for the awesome tips! I'm gearing up for my first full marathon in April 2025, aiming for a sub-four-hour finish. Your advice is super helpful, and I'll definitely be incorporating a lot of it into my training. Wish me luck! Thanks again!

[CoreyMcCue]

I am currently following the McMillan plan in Strava, and this video feels like it fills in a lot fo the gaps nicely. Would love to see more on this series!

[trixin]

Wow, spot on.. good info. This video is like the cliff notes version of hundreds of "sub 3 hour" youtube videos I've watched over the last few years. Really is mostly all one needs to know... down to the new shoes every 300-500 miles.

[nilesdelta]

Great vid I can see me coming back to watch this many times!

[Christian.Jenkins]

Great vid Shane 👍🏻 glad you used a clip of me from the Croc marathon video lol

[fcordobaot]

Thanks for this video, I will follow to go from 3:56h to 3:00 🎉

[thesamirmahadin]

“Everybody has time for it, you can fit in your seven hours plus of sleep” says someone who CLEARLY doesn’t have kids 😂

[kajenkirubah]

Great video. Though per need to keep things in perspective, it's just a number that means not much. If you can get close to sub 3, that already means you're elite in fitness. There are people out there that run at nearly 2h so don't stress too much. Just get healthy and have a blast!

[konj]

Great video...thanks G' ....Boston or bust 😅

[Mexicanbrown]

Thank you so much! This was very helpful, I’m currently trying to improve my times so your tips really helped 💪🏽

[kylecRVP]

Absolutely Love this content no 2 a day runs tho??