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Geoffrey
A 24-week marathon plan
Race day Sat 3 Oct 2026 · 100 days to go
Personal bests
- 10K
- 49:59
- Half marathon
- 1:58:19
- Marathon
- Coming soon — first one ever.
- Target
- 4h20
- Marathon pace
- 6:10/km
- Peak volume
- 55km
- Sessions
- 84
Training so far
97% to date- Sessions done
- 28/ 29
- Kilometres run
- 183km
- Average pace
- 6:27/km
- Longest run
- 11.1km
Training phases
Base
Build
Peak
Base · 8w
Build · 4w
Peak · 10w
Taper · 1w
Race · 1w
Weekly volume
183 km (6 extra) · 782 km planned
W1
Planned
Run
Plan ceiling
W24
Training paces
Easy
6:45–7:15/km
Marathon
6:10/km
Threshold
5:20–5:30/km
VMA
4:45–4:55/km
slower
faster
Week by week
On target
Close to plan
Off plan
Missed or far off
W01 Base 20 Apr – 26 Apr 13 km ›
Tue 21 Apr
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Actual
4.42 km
·
30:06
·
6:49/km
Thu 23 Apr
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Actual
4.57 km
·
30:00
·
6:34/km
Sun 26 Apr
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Actual
4.41 km
·
30:06
·
6:49/km
W02 Base 27 Apr – 3 May 16 km ›
Tue 28 Apr
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Actual
5.37 km
·
35:06
·
6:32/km
Thu 30 Apr
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Actual
5.15 km
·
34:42
·
6:44/km
Sun 3 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.04 km
·
40:00
·
6:37/km
Extras
Fri 1 May
Extra run before party 🍻
Strava
6.2 km
5:49/km
W03 Base 4 May – 10 May 18 km ›
Tue 5 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Actual
5.51 km
·
34:48
·
6:19/km
Thu 7 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.02 km
·
40:18
·
6:41/km
Sun 10 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
W04 Base · cutback 11 May – 17 May 15 km ›
Tue 12 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Actual
4.51 km
·
30:06
·
6:41/km
Thu 14 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Actual
5.41 km
·
35:18
·
6:32/km
Sun 17 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Actual
5.38 km
·
35:48
·
6:39/km
W05 Base 18 May – 24 May 21 km ›
Tue 19 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.94 km
·
40:18
·
5:49/km
Thu 21 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.72 km
·
40:06
·
5:59/km
Sun 24 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
55 min
Actual
8.55 km
·
54:54
·
6:25/km
W06 Base 25 May – 31 May 25 km ›
Tue 26 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Actual
7.00 km
·
44:48
·
6:24/km
Thu 28 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Actual
6.49 km
·
45:12
·
6:58/km
Sun 31 May
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
60 min
Actual
9.23 km
·
1:00:24
·
6:33/km
W07 Base 1 Jun – 7 Jun 28 km ›
Tue 2 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Actual
7.08 km
·
46:06
·
6:31/km
Thu 4 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Actual
7.57 km
·
50:06
·
6:37/km
Sun 7 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
70 min
Actual
11.13 km
·
1:10:54
·
6:22/km
W08 Base · cutback 8 Jun – 14 Jun 24 km ›
Tue 9 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.11 km
·
40:42
·
6:40/km
Thu 11 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Actual
7.19 km
·
45:18
·
6:17/km
Sun 14 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
60 min
Actual
9.10 km
·
1:01:00
·
6:42/km
W09 Build 15 Jun – 21 Jun 30 km ›
Tue 16 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Actual
6.38 km
·
39:36
·
6:12/km
Thu 18 Jun
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
45 min
Actual
2.08 km
·
13:36
·
6:31/km
Sat 20 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Actual
4.67 km
·
30:42
·
6:35/km
Sun 21 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
70 min
Actual
3.23 km
·
15:18
·
4:44/km
W10 Build 22 Jun – 28 Jun 33 km ›
Tue 23 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Actual
10.73 km
·
1:10:06
·
6:32/km
Thu 25 Jun
Threshold
5:20–5:30/km
50 min
Sat 27 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Sun 28 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
80 min
W11 Build 29 Jun – 5 Jul 36 km ›
Tue 30 Jun
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 2 Jul
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
55 min
Sat 4 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Sun 5 Jul
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
85 min
W12 Build 6 Jul – 12 Jul 30 km ›
Tue 7 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Thu 9 Jul
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
35 min
Sat 11 Jul
Rest
—
Sun 12 Jul
Race
5:20–5:30/km
10 km
W13 Peak 13 Jul – 19 Jul 40 km ›
Tue 14 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 16 Jul
Threshold
5:20–5:30/km
55 min
Sat 18 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Sun 19 Jul
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
105 min
W14 Peak 20 Jul – 26 Jul 44 km ›
Tue 21 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 23 Jul
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
60 min
Sat 25 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Sun 26 Jul
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
120 min
W15 Peak 27 Jul – 2 Aug 47 km ›
Tue 28 Jul
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Thu 30 Jul
Marathon pace
6:10/km
65 min
Sat 1 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Sun 2 Aug
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
130 min
W16 Peak · cutback 3 Aug – 9 Aug 33 km ›
Tue 4 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 6 Aug
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
50 min
Sat 8 Aug
Rest
—
Sun 9 Aug
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
90 min
W17 Peak 10 Aug – 16 Aug 50 km ›
Tue 11 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
55 min
Thu 13 Aug
Marathon pace
6:10/km
70 min
Sat 15 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Sun 16 Aug
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
140 min
W18 Peak 17 Aug – 23 Aug 54 km ›
Tue 18 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
55 min
Thu 20 Aug
Threshold
5:20–5:30/km
65 min
Sat 22 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Sun 23 Aug
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
155 min
W19 Peak 24 Aug – 30 Aug 40 km ›
Tue 25 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Thu 27 Aug
VMA intervals
4:45–4:55/km
50 min
Sat 29 Aug
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
30 min
Sun 30 Aug
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
105 min
W20 Peak 31 Aug – 6 Sep 42 km ›
Tue 1 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 3 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Fri 4 Sep
Rest
—
Sat 5 Sep
Race
5:40–5:50/km
21.0975 km
Sun 6 Sep
Rest
—
W21 Peak 7 Sep – 13 Sep 42 km ›
Tue 8 Sep
Rest
—
Thu 10 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Sat 12 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Sun 13 Sep
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
130 min
W22 Peak 14 Sep – 20 Sep 55 km ›
Tue 15 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
55 min
Thu 17 Sep
Marathon pace
6:10/km
70 min
Sat 19 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
50 min
Sun 20 Sep
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
180 min
W23 Taper 21 Sep – 27 Sep 35 km ›
Tue 22 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
45 min
Thu 24 Sep
Marathon pace
6:10/km
50 min
Sat 26 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
40 min
Sun 27 Sep
Long run
6:45–7:15/km
105 min
W24 Race 28 Sep – 4 Oct 11 km ›
Tue 29 Sep
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
35 min
Thu 1 Oct
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
25 min
Fri 2 Oct
Easy run
6:45–7:15/km
15 min
Sat 3 Oct
Race
6:10/km
42.195 km
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