Manchester Marathon Training Plan

About this plan

Targeting Manchester Marathon? This is the plan for it. 17 weeks, a solid 7 hours a week, every one of them built around the full 26.2 mile marathon rather than adapted from a template.

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.

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

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

The rider or athlete targeting Manchester 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?

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.

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