Intermediate Marathon Training Guide

If you are going prepare for a marathon with a view to doing a time, as opposed to just completing it, you are going to need to have a reasonable base of running before you start.

We suggest that you'll need to have been running for at least six months (preferably a year) and have been covering an average of at least 20 miles a week.

This is because we think it is important to have a good base of general fitness (which is usually enough to get you round a marathon at a slow pace) before you step up the training and do the more specific work that is required to start bringing your times down.

If you step straight up to this level you risk injury or illness from overtraining.

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