RW Marathon Schedules For Your Garmin
Runner's World is delighted to make its marathon schedules available to Garmin Forerunner (205, 301, 305, 405) users. Just choose a schedule below, enter your race date and then download the training file.
Then all you have to do is load the file into your Garmin Training Center software (easy as pie), connect your Forerunner, and all 16 weeks will be uploaded onto your wrist at once! (See FAQs)
On each schedule page below, there's a 'quick download' button, but you can also customise the marathon target time, and your heart rates or training zones if you want.
The schedules begin 16 weeks before your chosen race date, and are available for the following target times:
- Sub-3:00 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be running at least 35-40 miles per week, over six or seven sessions.)
- Sub-3:15 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be running at least 30-35 miles per week, over six sessions.)
- Sub-3:30 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be running at least 25-30 miles per week, and be able to run for 1hr30 non-stop.)
- Sub-3:45 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be running at least 25 miles per week, and be able to run for 1hr15 non-stop.)
- Sub-4:00 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be running at least 20 miles per week, and be able to run for an hour non-stop.)
- Sub-4:30 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be used to running for 20-30 minutes four or five times a week.)
- Sub-5:00
 (If your race is 16 weeks from now, you should be used to running for 20-30 minutes a week, three or four times a week.)
• Note: This download project is an update on the Flora London Marathon Schedules for RW and Garmin, and we'll continue to evolve it over the months ahead. If you leave your email address, we'll drop you a line about improvements when they're ready:
Meanwhile, we'd love to hear from you about this. It's been tested by dedicated RW readers already, but does it work for you? Do email us with your comments and suggestions.
Happy running!
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If you go to http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3339 you should be able to download Mac compatible Training Center software. Hope that helps.
Posted: 22/11/2007 10:26
Still won't work - found out from Garmin that the file format .wkt used by RW isn't compatible with Macs 
Henry, do you have the contact details of that techy at RW so I can get in touch myself?
Posted: 25/11/2007 14:41
Thanks henry, but that e-mail bounces: Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
Catherine.Lee@natmag-roadale.co.uk
Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: DNS Error: Domain name not found
Posted: 07/12/2007 11:36
Tom In the email address I believe it should be spelt Rodale NOT Roadale.
Posted: 09/12/2007 00:48
Hi guys Just to let you know we are looking into this for you - hope to post an update soon. Thanks for your patience.
Posted: 10/12/2007 14:36
Hey All, Unfortunately, as you're finding out, the Garmin Schedules are not compatible with Macs.  They weren't last year either, but I've contacted the helpful chaps at Garmin and asked if they can come up with a solution before the 16 weeks start. I can't promise anything but we'll certainly look into this for you and try our best. I see some of you are also have issues with the dates once you've carried out the download. Can I ask you to supply me with the link to the schedule you're downloading, the version of Training Center you're using and finally any pace or HRM variables you're inputting. Thanks for your patience and sorry for any frustration caused. Dan RW 
Posted: 11/12/2007 12:03
Hi Tony, Can I ask you to try and download the schedule from the this page please? You will need to enter the date you wish to race on but apart from that everything is the same. Please let me know how you get on. Thanks Dan RW
Posted: 11/12/2007 14:02
Hi Tony, Could I also ask you to email me the wkt file that seems to be providing the wrong date? daniel.benson@natmag-rodale.co.uk Thanks again Dan RW 
Posted: 11/12/2007 17:32
Hi I have just bought a garmin 305 and was considering returning it ( its a long story). Am I reading that Garmins and macs dont work that well together generally, or is the problem the RW download?
Posted: 16/12/2007 09:15
As I understand it, but others with deeper understanding may want to elaborate, they will work perfectly well as far as downloading your runs and so on. The problem seems to be that the Mac version won't read the *.wkt schedule files (int his case the RW ones, but one imagine it would be the same for all. I've now tried the work round of using a friend's PC...no joy, as I then ran up against the wrong race date issue.
And there's no quick way of deleting a whole schedule...as far as I can see I have to delete every scheduled run one by one. Grrr
Posted: 16/12/2007 10:58
Hi Any news on getting the date right to the 13 APRIL 2008??? Cheers
Posted: 28/12/2007 18:53
Hi, I'm suffering from the date problem aswell! If i do as my Garmin tells me from the downloaded schedule does this make me a month ahead in my training?! HELP!
Posted: 30/12/2007 14:39
On another thread, someone said they entered the date in as May 15th, which then set the marathon date as 13th April. Could be worth a try.
Posted: 31/12/2007 14:57
Just tried it with the date set as 13/05/2008 wich seems to have done the trick with the marathon now on the correct date of 13th April. Happy days!!
Posted: 01/01/2008 20:31
Hi Tom, Sorry I don't have the technical no-how to solve the Mac problem.. .
Posted: 06/01/2008 20:27
Excellent Dave, thanks for the advice, will try it tonight Tom
Posted: 09/01/2008 09:50
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