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Stop following marathon plans blindly.
Marathon Training Plans Decoded
Training plans can look completely different and still work. Learn the principles behind them, understand the trade-offs and discover how to choose a structure that fits your running.
Paperback · Available through Amazon
BEYOND THE TRAINING CALENDAR
Understand the logic. Own your decisions.
A training plan is more than a schedule of runs. It's a set of decisions about volume, intensity, recovery and progression. This book helps you read the thinking behind those decisions.
01 · Weekly volume
Understand mileage, progression and how long runs fit into a bigger training structure.
02 · Intensity choices
Explore the roles of speedwork, threshold sessions and easy running within different approaches.
03 · Recovery trade-offs
Consider how training stress and recovery work together instead of treating every session as a test.
04 · A plan that fits
Learn to assess a plan against your goals, training history and real-life schedule.
What's inside the book?
- Weekly mileage and long-run structure
- Speedwork, threshold training and intensity distribution
- Recovery and the trade-offs between training methods
- How major marathon-training philosophies differ
- How to make a plan fit the runner—not the other way around
Who is this for?
For first-time and experienced marathoners who want more than a printable calendar: runners comparing different plans, adapting training around busy lives or trying to understand what actually makes a marathon plan work.
READER HUB · PRACTICAL STARTING POINT
Four questions to ask before choosing a plan
- Starting point: Does the opening mileage resemble what I can already handle consistently?
- Time: Can I make the key sessions work with my actual weekly schedule?
- Intensity: Do I understand why the faster sessions are placed where they are?
- Recovery: Where can I adapt if fatigue, illness or life interrupts the plan?
These reflection questions are a companion to the book, not an individualized training prescription.
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MARATHON TRAINING PLANS DECODED
Follow a plan. Understand the plan.
Become a more informed decision-maker about marathon preparation.
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