Explore · Monday, October 12
Every course, every pace, every week to race day.
The free part of what I built: a map and a pace plan for 18 major marathons, the calculators I use every week, and the day your training starts. It moves with the calendar, so come back as your race gets closer.
Next up: Baltimore Marathon, in 5 days
On the calendar
13 marathons this week
Sat, Oct 17 in 5 days
BaltimoreKansas City
Sun, Oct 18 in 6 days
BeijingAmsterdamXi'anZhengzhouToronto WaterfrontColumbusDetroitDes MoinesBaystateGrand RapidsAtlantic City
02 · Course maps
Every climb, before you get there
18 major marathons, soonest first. Point at one for its line and its hills; open it for the mile markers and a pace plan for your goal.
03 · Week 1
When does your training start?
Put in your race and I’ll tell you the Monday your Week 1 starts. If that’s months away, the Base Build is how you get there ready.
- London Marathon
- New York City Marathon
- Paris Marathon
- Berlin Marathon
- Chicago Marathon
- Tokyo Marathon
- Sydney Marathon
- Manchester Marathon
- Beijing Marathon
- Valencia Marathon
- Xiamen Marathon
- Osaka Marathon
- Shanghai Marathon
- Seoul Marathon
- Boston Marathon
- Mexico City Marathon
- JTBC Seoul Marathon
- Rome Marathon
- Barcelona Marathon
- Yokohama Marathon
- Athens Authentic Marathon
- Nagoya Women's Marathon
- Marine Corps Marathon
- Dublin Marathon
- Chengdu Marathon
- Hangzhou Marathon
- Guangzhou Marathon
- Los Angeles Marathon
- Wuxi Marathon
- Kobe Marathon
- Honolulu Marathon
- Amsterdam Marathon
- Rotterdam Marathon
- Shonan International Marathon
- Cape Town Marathon
- Shenzhen Marathon
- Kyoto Marathon
- Stockholm Marathon
- Hokkaido Marathon
- Nanjing Marathon
- Wuhan Marathon
- Hamburg Marathon
- Aqualine Marathon
- Okayama Marathon
- Seville Marathon
- Copenhagen Marathon
- Melbourne Marathon
- Frankfurt Marathon
- Kanazawa Marathon
- Naha Marathon
- Hong Kong Marathon
- Mumbai Marathon
- Kumamoto Castle Marathon
- Itabashi City Marathon
- Kasumigaura Marathon
- Philadelphia Marathon
- Disney World Marathon
- Xi'an Marathon
- Zhengzhou Marathon
- Toyama Marathon
04 · The calculators
The numbers I check every week
The same calculators the course runs on. Free, and nothing to sign up for.
- 01Training Pace Calculator
Enter one recent race time for your easy, marathon, threshold, interval and repetition paces, a time for every other distance, and adjustments for heat and altitude.
- 02Running Pace Converter
Any one of min/mile, min/km, mph or km/h, and the other three, with what that pace comes to over 5K, 10K, the half marathon and the marathon.
- 03Treadmill Pace Converter
Belt speed and incline to the outdoor pace they match, or the treadmill setting for the pace you want, in mph or km/h.
- 04Age-Graded Calculator
Your race time as a percentage of the best ever run at your age, on the 2025 World Masters Athletics standards, from the mile to the marathon and beyond.
Try one here: the pace converter
Any pace, in all four units.
Minutes per mile, minutes per kilometre, miles an hour or kilometres an hour, and what the pace comes to over 5K, 10K, the half and the marathon.
05 · The Base Build
Get your legs under you before Week 1.
Most people who get hurt in a marathon block started it before their body was ready. The Base Build is the weeks before Week 1: easy running, cross-training and a little strength. There’s one for each tier.
Free PDF · one for each tier
When you're ready
The twelve-week course
Tier I for a first marathon, Tier II for a big PB, Tier III for a BQ or faster. One video a week from me, with fueling, pacing, workouts, recovery and race planning in the week you need them.
Tier I
$24714 videos · 12 weeks
Your first marathon, or your first time on a real plan. Week 1 is three days of running. By the end you’ll run 16 miles (25.5km) and finish at marathon pace. We cover easy running, cross-training, fueling, recovery, your first threshold workouts, and how to run each half of the race.
Start Tier I
Tier II
$24714 videos · 12 weeks
You’ve done one or a few, but now we get faster. You should be holding 20–30 miles (32–48km) a week before Week 1. You’ll peak around 54–60 miles (87–97km), with marathon pace in your long runs, a 20-miler (32km), and a 10K time trial that sets your race pace.
Start Tier II
