mins alternating between half-marathon pace (11:00) and jog recovery pace (12:00 - 13:00) per minute Rest 20 mins easy or rest 75-80 mins slow (11:00 - 12:00) Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 10 x 400m at 5K pace (sub-10:00) with 1-min

x 800m at 10K pace (6:00 - 6:15) with 2-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins, with the middle 20 alternating between half-marathon pace (6:30) and marathon (7:30) per minute 30 mins easy or rest 45 mins, including 30 mins

-down 65 mins easy 40 mins, including 20 mins at half-marathon pace (8:00) 30 mins easy or rest 110 mins slow (9:00 - 10:00) RestWeek 4 (w/c Aug 11) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 14 x 200m at 5K pace (7:45) starting every minute (2 sets of 7 with 400m

(10:00 - 10:30) Rest 30 mins easy or rest 75 mins slow (11:00 -12:00) Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 8 x 2 mins at 5K pace (8:45 - 9:00) with 1-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down Rest 40 mins, including 15 mins at half-marathon

recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins, including 20 alternating between half-marathon pace (7:15) and marathon pace (8:00) per minute 45 mins easy 100 mins slow (8:00 - 9:00) RestWeek 3 (w/c Aug 4) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm

-60 secs 400m jog/3 minsBest 10K (/400m)      35 (84.0) 78 80 7540 (96.0) 90 92 8745 (1:48) 1:42 1:44 1:3950 (2:00) 1:54 1:56 1:5155 (2:12) 2:06 2:08 2:0360 (2:24) 2:18 2:20 2:1565 (2:36) 2:30 2:32 2:27Variation 1:Run 8 x 400m with three-minute recoveries

at the London Marathon (2:46, 2:43, 2:46, 2:43 [his quickest in last 20 years] and 2:47). Over the years, he estimates he's run about 2,000 races.Read the whole forum debateQ. Most marathon schedules are based on past performances but my opinion is that you

different grass circuits: one of 1100m, one of 1300m and one of 1400m. Each runner’s speed determines the loop that they do, and if the session is, say, three laps, two laps, one lap, the faster runners run the longer distances but the interval time

(76.8) 72 46-48 16:15-16:3017:00 (81.6) 77 49-51 17:25-17:4018:00 (86.4) 82 52-54 18:30-18:4519:00 (91.2) 86 55-57 19:30-19:4520:00 (96.0) 91 58-60 20:40-20:5521:00 (1:40) 96 61-63 21:40-21:5522:00 (1:46) 1:40 64-66 22:40-22:5523:00 (1:50) 1:45 67

of 25 miles.Sub-2:15 (race pace: sub-10:18 per mile).Target times: 2:00 to 2:14. You should be capable of either a sub-1:05 10K, a sub-1:55 10-miler or a sub-6:00 marathon. Training will be three days a week, with an average weekly mileage of 15 miles