Train with purpose
Running guides
Understand the work, make it fit your week and build the consistency that carries you from a first run to a far finish line.
Start with a trusted route
Cornerstone training guides
New, source-backed guidance sits ahead of the inherited archive.
Understand Zone 2
Separate real training intensity from generic watch percentages, use conversational effort and fit easy work into a balanced week.
Train by effort →02 / BeginnersHow to start running
Use a calm run-walk progression, understand easy effort and build a routine that leaves room to recover.
Start here →03 / DistanceChoose a marathon plan
Match a plan to your real training base and understand the job of easy runs, workouts, long runs and tapering.
Build the distance →04 / Cross-trainingBuild cardio without running
Compare cycling, swimming, deep-water running, rowing, elliptical training and walking with an explainable selector.
Choose an option →05 / ToolCalculate your pace
Convert time and distance into pace per kilometre or mile, or turn a target pace into a constant-pace finish time.
Open calculator →06 / ToolPlan your run fuel
Turn duration and a chosen carbohydrate target into a transparent total and compare source-checked energy-bar equivalents.
Open fuel planner →
