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Marathon Training Plan

P&D 18 week 85+

High mileage plan from Advanced Marathoning 2nd Ed.

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From Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger and Scott Douglas. Copyright 2025 Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Excerpted by kind permission.

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
Week 1	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Recovery Run 4mi AM Tempo 10mi PM - 4 at tempo (15k to HM pace)	Medium Long Run 12mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	10mi 10x100m strides	Recovery Run 6mi	Long Run 16mi
Week 2	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Recovery Run 4mi 10mi 10x100m strides	Medium Long Run 13mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Medium Long Run 12mi	Recovery Run 6mi	Marathon Pace 17mi 8 @ MP
Week 3	Recovery Run 5mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Recovery Run 4mi Tempo 10mi 5 @ tempo (15k to HM pace)	Medium Long Run 14mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Medium Long Run 12mi	9mi	Long Run 18mi
Week 4	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	10mi 10x100m strides Recovery Run 4mi	Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Medium Long Run 13mi	Recovery Run 7mi	Long Run 20mi
Week 5	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	Recovery Run 5mi Tempo 10mi 5 @ tempo (15k to HM pace)	Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Medium Long Run 14mi	8mi	Marathon Pace 20mi 10 @ MP
Week 6	Recovery Run 6mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	10mi 10x100m strides	Medium Long Run 13mi	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Medium Long Run 12mi	8mi	Long Run 16mi
Week 7	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Recovery Run 5mi Tempo 10mi 5 @ tempo (15k to HM pace)	Medium Long Run 15mi Recovery Run 5mi	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Medium Long Run 13mi	10mi 10x100m strides	Long Run 20mi
Week 8	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Recovery Run 6mi AM 10mi 10x100m strides	Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Recovery Run 6mi AM Tempo 11mi 6 @ tempo (15k to HM pace)	10mi	Long Run 22mi
Week 9	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	10mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 5mi PM Recovery Run 6mi AM	Medium Long Run 14mi Recovery Run 6mi AM	10mi 10x100m strides	Marathon Pace 20mi 12 @ MP
Week 10	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	10mi 10x100m strides	Intervals 10mi 5x800m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Medium Long Run 13mi Recovery Run 5mi	10mi	Long Run 16mi
Week 11	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	10mi 10x100m strides Recovery Run 6mi AM	Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	Tempo 12mi 7 @ tempo (15k to HM pace) Recovery Run 6mi AM	10mi	Long Run 24mi
Week 12	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	Intervals 10mi 5x800m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time Recovery Run 5mi	Medium Long Run 15mi Recovery Run 5mi	Recovery Run 5mi Recovery Run 6mi PM 8x100m strides	Recovery Run 6mi AM	Warm Down 2mi Warm Up 2mi Race 13.1mi	8mi
Week 13	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 6mi PM	10mi 8x100m strides Recovery Run 5mi	Medium Long Run 15mi Recovery Run 5mi	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi PM	Tempo 12mi 7 @ tempo (15k to HM pace)	10mi 8x100m strides	Long Run 22mi
Week 14	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi	Intervals 10mi 5x800m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time Recovery Run 5mi	Medium Long Run 15mi Recovery Run 5mi	Recovery Run 5mi AM Recovery Run 8mi PM 8x100m strides	Recovery Run 6mi AM	Warm Down 2mi Warm Up 2mi Race 6.2mi	Long Run 18mi
Week 15	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi	10mi	Recovery Run 4mi Intervals 10mi 6x1200m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time	Recovery Run 5mi Medium Long Run 15mi	Recovery Run 4mi AM 10mi	Recovery Run 4mi AM 8mi PM 8x100m strides	Long Run 21mi
Week 16	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 5mi	Intervals 10mi 5x800m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time	Medium Long Run 13mi	Recovery Run 4mi 8mi PM 8x100m strides	Recovery Run 6mi AM	Warm Down 2mi Warm Up 2mi Race 6.2mi	Long Run 17mi
Week 17	Recovery Run 6mi AM	10mi 10x100m strides	Recovery Run 6mi AM Recovery Run 4mi	Intervals 9mi 3x1600m@5k pace 50-90% of interval time	Recovery Run 6mi AM	8mi PM 8x100m strides	Medium Long Run 13mi
Week 18	Recovery Run 6mi AM	Recovery Run 4mi Recovery Run 6mi AM	Marathon Pace 9mi 2.5 @ MP	Recovery Run 6mi AM	Recovery Run 5mi PM 6x100m strides	Recovery Run 4mi	Race 26.2mi

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