A 22-Week Marathon Training Schedule for Just About Anyone

This easy-to-follow 22-week marathon training schedule is a modified version of Wendy's 19-week marathon training schedule.

Prerequisites

Before you start this training schedule, you need to:

• Be able to run (or run/walk) 4 miles
• Be able to run 4 days a week
• Have done these two things for at least 4 months
• Be ready to make a commitment to a life-changing goal.

Don't meet the prerequisites for this program? Find out why they are important and then find a running program at your level to build you up to marathon training.

Weekly Marathon Training Schedule

• Mon, Wed, and Fri: Run 4 miles
• Tues, Thurs, Sat: Rest (or walk)
• Sunday: Long Runs (Mileage Building)

Feel free to switch the actual days that you do your workouts but try to keep this pattern: run, rest/walk, run, rest/walk, run, rest/walk, long run. (Example: if you would like your long run to be on Saturday, instead of Sunday, your marathon training schedule would look like this: Sun, Tues, Thurs: run 4 miles; Mon, Wed, Fri: rest or walk; Saturday: long runs. See pg 2 for FAQs on this marathon training program.