Marathon training desk
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Split
Set a finishing time. Get a 16-week programme that flexes with it. Log the work. Watch a graph tell you — calmly — whether the second half is still in reach.
Set the time. Rewrite the plan.
Three hours, four, five-and-a-bit — the paces, the weekly kilometres, and the long run all move when the goal does. Race date pins the 16 weeks. Experience sets how many days you run.
A plan that answers to the clock
Easy, tempo, intervals, long run — distances and paces from your finishing time, not a generic PDF.
A graph that does not flatter
Long runs become a projected marathon time. Weekly bars sit against the plan. On track, watch, or off.
Races and a second door
A curated directory of marathons worldwide, plus charities that trade a bib for fundraising.
How the desk works
01
Name the time
Hours, minutes, race date, first-timer or returning. The programme is built on the spot.
02
Do the kilometres
Log each practice run. Anything from 10 km up is turned into a marathon projection.
03
Read the line
If the forecast sits above the goal, the work is not there yet — or the time wants a rethink.