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.
213Training and running guides
Start with a trusted route
Cornerstone training guides
New, source-backed guidance sits ahead of the inherited archive.
01 / Beginners
How to start running
Use a calm run-walk progression, understand easy effort and build a routine that leaves room to recover.
Start here →02 / 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 →03 / ToolCalculate your pace
Convert time and distance into pace per kilometre or mile, or turn a target pace into a constant-pace finish time.
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