Edinburgh Marathon Training Plan

About this plan

The whole plan points at one thing: Edinburgh Marathon. Across 17 weeks and roughly 7 hours a week, it builds you toward the full 26.2 mile marathon with nothing in there that does not earn its place.

The load builds in three-week blocks and then backs off, so the work actually lands instead of burying you. The hard sessions are dosed the way the research says fitness is built, never piled on as junk volume, and your endurance, your pace and the durability to hold it late on all get their turn.

Held to from the first week, it will have you ready for Edinburgh Marathon on the day it counts.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

The rider or athlete targeting Edinburgh Marathon. It suits the full 26.2 mile marathon, for someone who can give it a fairly steady 7 hours most weeks.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 17 weeks and a solid 7 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

You buy it once and it lands in your TrainingPeaks account, every session spelled out in plain words with the reason it is there, ready to start straight away.

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