Manchester Marathon Training Plan - Finish

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 lean 6 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.

Follow it properly and the aim is clear: get you across the line in good shape at Manchester Marathon.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

Anyone with Manchester Marathon on the calendar. It is written for the full 26.2 mile marathon, aimed at getting you to a strong, controlled finish, and it assumes you can train consistently at around 6 hours a week.

How much training does it involve?

Plan on 17 weeks and about 6 hours a week. It rises for a couple of weeks, then drops to let the work settle, rather than climbing endlessly until you break.

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.

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