Boston Marathon Training Plan - Competitive

About this plan

This plan is built for Boston Marathon, start to finish. It is shaped around the full 26.2 mile marathon, running 20 weeks at a solid 7.1 hours a week, so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

Three weeks up, ease back, repeat: that rhythm is what makes the fitness stick. Intensity is rationed rather than sprayed around, every target reads off your own threshold pace and heart rate, and the plan gives your endurance, your pace and the durability to hold it late on the attention each one needs.

Do the work and this plan is built to have you racing at the sharp end when you line up for Boston Marathon.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

If Boston Marathon is your goal, this is your plan. It is pitched at the full 26.2 mile marathon, aimed at racing for a result, not just completing it, and works best when you can hold roughly 7.1 hours a week through the block.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 20 weeks and a solid 7.1 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

It is a one-off purchase delivered straight into your TrainingPeaks account, written out session by session in plain language so you always know what to do and why.

Want it built around your life instead of off the shelf? See Plan Only.