Manchester Marathon Training Plan - Compete

About this plan

This plan is built for Manchester Marathon, start to finish. It is shaped around the full 26.2 mile marathon, running 17 weeks at a solid 7.5 hours a week, so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

Every target is set as a percentage of your own threshold pace and heart rate, so it fits you and not some average athlete. The weeks climb and then ease in three-week blocks, and across them your endurance, your pace and the durability to hold it late on are trained in balance.

Held to week after week, it is designed to have you racing at the sharp end on the day you race Manchester Marathon.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

If Manchester 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 7.5 hours a week through the block.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 17 weeks and a solid 7.5 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

A single payment drops the whole plan into TrainingPeaks for you, laid out session by session in plain English so nothing is left to guesswork.

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