Week breakdown
Week
A clean view of the week before opening the daily protocol.
Marathon Plan
Run your best marathon with structure, guidance, and confidence.
A smart, structured marathon training system built from real Olympic-level experience. This plan doesn’t just tell you what to run — it explains why, how to pace it, how to recover, and how to stay accountable.
“I spent more than 20 years learning what actually helps runners improve. This is everything I would have wanted earlier in my own career.”
— Stephen Scullion
Taught by
Stephen Scullion
Irish Olympian, 2:09 marathon runner, multiple Irish national champion, and international athlete with almost 20 years of elite racing experience.
What’s included
Training Structure
- Complete marathon training plan
- Weekly training previews
- Clear pacing guidance
Accountability
- Points system to track preparation
- Real-time progress focus
- Know exactly what matters each week
Performance Support
- Warm-up and recovery guidance
- Gym routines
- Nutrition support
Coach Insight
- Learn the reason behind each session
- Elite marathon experience made simple
- Designed to remove guesswork
Olympic Coaching
Sample Week
Sample Week
Settings
Set current fitness + goal
Enter current marathon fitness or PB, then your goal time. Early weeks start from current fitness, then the plan gradually progresses toward goal pace.Training pace: calculating…
Early weeks are anchored to current fitness. Goal pace is introduced gradually.
Distances display as miles / km. The KM/Mile buttons change pace guides only.
Volume
Set volume
Use this to guide the amount of easy aerobic running around the fixed sessions. The quality workouts stay unchanged.
Target: 55 miles / 89 km · Standard week
Guidance
Keep the sessions fixed. Adjust easy days, recovery days, warm-up/cool-down volume, or add low-impact cross-training.
Fixed
Threshold, hills, tempo structure, marathon-specific work.
Flexible
Easy miles, recovery runs, doubles, bike, elliptical, aqua jogging.
Protocol
Workout
Workout
Intensity
Recovery
Pace guide
Note
Training
Zones
Use these as effort anchors. Pace guides adjust from your marathon goal.Zone 1 — Recovery Very easy, conversational. Promotes recovery and adaptation.
Zone 2 — Aerobic Comfortable and steady. Builds endurance and fat metabolism.
Zone 3 — Tempo Moderate, controlled and sustainable. Improves aerobic power.
Zone 4 — Threshold / LT2 Hard but controlled. Improves lactate clearance and pace control. Alternating tempo sessions are continuous runs: threshold section, then steady float, with no stopping.
Zone 5 — VO₂ Max Very hard and difficult to sustain. Builds peak aerobic capacity.
Pacing
Current pacing
Goal pace: 4:16/km
Full package
Training systems for every distance.
Access the full running masterclass, plus the 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon plans. Each plan gives you weekly structure, pacing guidance, coach notes, and clear execution instructions.
Full Package
5K
8 Weeks
10K
10 Weeks
Half Marathon
12 Weeks
Marathon
16 Weeks