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Competitive Marathon Plan

$12.90

Plan Details / Who It’s For

  • Duration: 16 weeks

  • Distances shown in both miles and kilometres

  • Instant download — yours to keep forever

  • Goal finish time: 3 h 20 – 3 h 30

  • Starting mileage: ≈ 50 km / 31 mi

  • Peak mileage: ≈ 90 km / 56 mi

  • Weekly structure: 5 - 6 runs per week

  • Includes: Pace chart, training plan, plan summary, and guidance on how to read sessions

Plan Details / Who It’s For

  • Duration: 16 weeks

  • Distances shown in both miles and kilometres

  • Instant download — yours to keep forever

  • Goal finish time: 3 h 20 – 3 h 30

  • Starting mileage: ≈ 50 km / 31 mi

  • Peak mileage: ≈ 90 km / 56 mi

  • Weekly structure: 5 - 6 runs per week

  • Includes: Pace chart, training plan, plan summary, and guidance on how to read sessions

About this Plan

The Competitive Marathon Plan is built for runners targeting a 3:20–3:30 marathon who already have a strong aerobic foundation and are ready for more demanding, marathon-specific training.

It’s designed for athletes over 40 who can sustain higher mileage and want to refine their performance through carefully structured threshold, interval, and marathon-pace work.

Each week balances easy aerobic runs with focused quality sessions (threshold and interval) and long runs that include extended marathon-pace segments and alternations.

The plan develops race-specific endurance, fatigue resistance, and precision pacing while maintaining recovery to ensure consistent progress.

How You’ll Receive It

  • Instant PDF download after purchase (view on phone, tablet, or computer)

  • Printable format.

  • Keep forever

  • After it's purchased, you will automatically receive the standard order confirmation email, followed by an email containing a link to the file.

  • The link will remain active for 24 hours.

  • If you click on an expired link, we'll send a new link to the email address used for the purchase.

Choosing the Right Plan

If you’re in between two plans, choose the one that best aligns with your current lifestyle, schedule, and level of commitment.

Look closely at the number of training days each week and the weekly mileage to select the plan that you can realistically manage while maintaining consistency.

At the same time, don’t be afraid to choose the plan that challenges you slightly, especially if you’ve completed a marathon before and want to progress beyond your previous performance.

** If you’re already running a higher weekly mileage than the plan’s starting point, you can safely add those extra miles as easy or recovery runs on any of the easy days of the week.