In order to beat your marathon best, it is not necessarily about avoiding the wall, but about feeling it as late as possible, and above all about reducing it’s effects as much as possible. Quality preparation and tailor-made training is essential to achieve this.įor a marathon, we recommend aiming to train at least 3 times a week, as a minimum. A good marathon training plan must take into account the runner’s experience, their state of fitness, their weekly schedule and developing suitable specific training paces (vV0 2 max – Velocity at V02max, threshold, fundamental endurance, etc.). The marathon is a race of patience. Lasting for several hours, your breathing is rarely the limiting factor. Rather, the challenge lies in keeping a steady pace, even in the last six miles, therefore delaying the marathon wall and muscle and joint fatigue. You never know how your body will react to the marathon, that’s why you have to maximise your chances of success with a personalised and adaptive marathon training plan, whether to prepare for your first marathon or for chasing a new personal best.

It was a leap into the unknown, where we felt like we discovered a little more about ourselves and a whole new side of running. A tailor-made, easy-to-follow marathon training planĮmil Zatopek once said “If you want to run, run a kilometre, if you want to change your life, run a marathon”. At RunMotion, we won’t tell you anything different. After years of racing and training on track and on the road, we the founders completed our first marathon.

A marathon training plan focused on endurance and specific paces.

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