A plan for your next chapter
Find a plan for your next distance, with room for the running and the life you already have.
Plans found: 35
First steps & returning
Create room for movement without asking your body to learn running at the same time.
Starting point: New to running
View programmeFirst steps & returning
For a diary-shaped break, not an injury-rehabilitation programme: rebuild the habit without chasing your old pace.
Starting point: Returning after a life break
View programmeFirst steps & returning
No race countdown, no compulsory speedwork: make three steady appointments with yourself.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme1 mile
A measured mile is a lovely first landmark. Walking breaks remain welcome all the way to the finish.
Starting point: New to running
View programme1 mile
Learn to run a short event with control, rather than mistaking every training session for a sprint test.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programme5K
More breathing space, smaller early running portions and no demand to abandon walking breaks.
Starting point: New to running
View programme5K
Work towards the actual distance, rather than assuming that 30 minutes means 5K for everybody.
Starting point: New to running
View programme5K
You already have the running habit. This is the bridge from time on your feet to a measured first 5K.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme5K
One purposeful workout, plenty of easy running and a finish-line goal that need not be a personal best.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programme5K
A higher-consistency option for runners who already recover well from five running days.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programme5K
A short finishing block, not a six-week transformation from an empty training diary.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programme10K
Build a longer outing without treating a walking break as a problem to fix.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme10K
Keep the weekdays manageable while carefully extending the run that teaches you about the distance.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme10K
Eight weeks can be useful when a comfortable 5K and a regular routine are already in place.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme10K
Balance controlled faster running with the patience needed to finish the second half of a 10K well.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programme10K
An existing endurance base does the heavy lifting; this block adds race-specific practice, not emergency mileage.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programme10 miles
A helpful stepping stone beyond 10K, with time to practise both fuelling and patient pacing.
Starting point: An established running base
View programme10 miles
Work on holding a sensible effort over a distance that asks for both rhythm and endurance.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programmeHalf marathon
A generous calendar for an established run-walker, with walking planned from the beginning rather than saved for a crisis.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeHalf marathon
Build confidence in the longer outings while keeping the rest of the week pleasantly ordinary.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeHalf marathon
For a first half marathon, not a first running month: your existing base earns the shorter preparation window.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeHalf marathon
Rehearse sustained control and sensible fuelling without turning every Sunday into a race.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programmeHalf marathon
Choose this for sustainable training capacity, not because the word performance sounds more impressive.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeHalf marathon
A final race-specific block for a runner who is already comfortable with substantial long runs.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeMarathon
Six months of preparation is useful, but it still begins with an established running base rather than the couch.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeMarathon
Build long-run experience and practical race skills together, with enough easy running around the big outings.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeMarathon
Use planned walk breaks as a pacing strategy, with the same respect for marathon preparation as a continuous-running plan.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeMarathon
A familiar label needs an honest starting line: this is a first-marathon plan for someone already running regularly and long.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeMarathon
Use your previous marathon to identify a pacing, fuelling or consistency problem, then work on that rather than simply adding more.
Starting point: Building on previous events
View programmeMarathon
For runners already comfortable with six days, using additional easy running rather than six opportunities to work hard.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeMarathon
Twelve weeks is the final chapter of your preparation, not the whole book.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeTrail 10K
Learn the surface as well as the distance: hiking, route awareness and unhurried descents belong in the plan.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeTrail half marathon
Translate your running base into trail time, rather than importing road pace targets onto hills.
Starting point: An established running base
View programmeTrail 50K
An introduction to the ultra distance, not an introduction to endurance running or remote mountain travel.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeTrail 50K
Build on an existing ultra routine while reserving time for route-specific practice and genuine recovery.
Starting point: An experienced training routine
View programmeNo programmes meet those browsing choices. Try another duration, frequency or goal.
Understand what shorter and longer calendars can, and cannot, change.
Read the guideArrange training around sustainable frequency, recovery and the rest of your life.
Read the guideKeep easy running easy and understand why a time-based plan still needs distance checks.
Read the guideA practical interruption guide that treats recovery as part of the plan.
Read the guidePlan a run. Set a goal. Make the numbers simple.
