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Marathon Training Plan

14 Week Sub 4hr Marathon 2011


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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Week 1
3mi
00:27:43
Intervals
3mi
00:28:37
10m warm-up jog 10*30sec fast 1m recovery easy 5m jog
5mi
00:43:08
Easy
3mi
Aim for 24m
Week 2
Long Run
9mi
Steady
Long Run
6mi
Steady
Hill Work
0mi
10m warm-up, 8*40secs uphill jog back, 10m warm-down
6mi
Easy
5mi
Steady
Long Run
12mi
aim 2 hours
Week 3
6mi
Steady
Intervals
0mi
Warm-up, 4*60secs FAST then 4*30secs fast, both with 60sec recoveries then 10m jog
6mi
Easy
0mi
20m jog and strides
Race
6mi
Aim 52m
Week 4
6mi
Easy
Hill Work
0mi
10m jog, 8*40secs uphill, recovery back down, 10m warm-down
6mi
Easy
0mi
20m moderate
6mi
race pace
Week 5
Fartleks
6mi
Intervals
0mi
10m jog, 10*40sec uphill jog back recovery, then jog home
5mi
Easy
Long Run
15mi
moderate pace
Week 6
6mi
steady
Intervals
6mi
steady, including10*1m fast, 2m slow
Intervals
6mi
2m easy, 2m brisk, 2m easy
0mi
25m easy
Tempo
6mi
10k race or 6m fast
Week 7
Fartleks
6mi
Intervals
0mi
warm-up, 3*1m timed, 4m recovery, warm down
5mi
easy
0mi
25m easy
Race
13.2mi
Brighton Half
Week 8
6mi
2m easy, 3m brisk, 1m jog
Hill Work
0mi
10*40secs fast uphill, jog back down
6mi
easy
18mi
easy aim for 3 hours
Week 9
Long Run
20mi
Week 10
5mi
very easy, off-road
Fartleks
6mi
easy
6mi
easy
0mi
30m on grass
Long Run
20mi
practice fuelling 2m walk every hour aim for 3:20
Week 11
5mi
very easy off-road
Fartleks
6mi
8mi
steady
0mi
30m easy on grass
Long Run
22mi
take drinks, practice fuelling
Week 12
4mi
very easy off-road
6mi
steady
Intervals
6mi
6m incl 6*2m fast, 2m slow
0mi
30m steady
Race
6mi
6-10m with long warm-up & warm-down
Week 13
6mi
easy
Intervals
6mi
6m incl. 8*1m fast, 1m slow
5mi
steady
Race Pace
0mi
warm-up then 3m at marathon pace then warm-down
Long Run
10mi
10m steady in race kit, practice pre-race routine
Week 14
Intervals
0mi
5m steady plus 6*1m brisk
0mi
rest or 20m easy
Long Run
0mi
20m easy
Long Run
0mi
15m jog incl. 6*100metre strides
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