Marathon Training Program

Presented by ASICS

Training for a big race takes more than logging miles. It takes a smart plan, the right support and people who know how to help you run steady through the tough weeks and the good ones too.

That’s what you’ll find in Fleet Feet’s Marathon Training Program in partnership with ASICS.

With two supported workouts each week, beginner and intermediate training tiers and coaches who bring real expertise to every step, you’ll have what you need to train with purpose and finish with confidence.

About this Marathon Program

● Start Date: Sunday, August 2nd and Wednesday, August 5th

● Program Schedule: Wednesday evenings for a long-distance workout at 5:45 pm at Willow Bay Park or Green Lakes State Park; and Sunday mornings for a long run at 7:30am at Green Lakes State Park.

● Program Length: 16 weeks

● Goal Race: Philadelphia Full Marathon

● Fee: Early bird rate: $240. Full price rate: $260 starting on July 12th. Race entry NOT included

Participant Perks

● ASICS long sleeve training tee and race day singlet

● 20% off full price ASICS footwear

● Exclusive Fleet Feet gear up opportunities throughout the season

● Activations from ASICS, Superfeet and Fleet Feet teams

● Weekly newsletters with tips, education and resources to guide your training

● Guidance from experienced running coaches and mentors

● 16 weeks of daily marathon training plans, including strength, cross training and mobility exercises.

The Coach

Jennifer Murphy, Head Distance Coach

 Questions? Email Coach Jen at jennifer.murphy@fleetfeet.com

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 This isn’t just about running a marathon. It’s about discovering what you’re capable of with the right people beside you every step of the way.

What to expect at Wednesday Workouts:

The focus of the weeknight workouts is to work on our speed and power when running. Whether you’re looking to finish your first distance race or you fastest distance race - building a speed workout into your training is important. You work different muscle groups (fast twitch vs. slow twitch muscles), build endurance in your legs and lungs, and it helps keep our workouts from getting stale. We’ll cover a variety of workouts such as interval training, speed repeats, hill repeats, fartleks (Swedish for ‘speed play’), tempo runs, etc. We focus on pace and effort during these workouts.The workouts will last about an hour throughout the training period. Below is an example workout:

• Welcome/announcements/find your pace groups
• 10 min warmup easy jogging
• Pyramid workout: 1 min hard effort/30 sec easy + 3 min hard/1 min 30 sec easy + 5 min moderately hard/2 min 30 sec easy + 7 min tempo/3 min 30 sec easy + 5 min moderately hard/2 min 30 sec easy + 3 min hard/1 min 30 sec easy + 1 min hard/30 sec easy
• 10 min cool down easy jogging
• Stretching with your group
• Overall, you’ll have done 3-5 miles of speed work, but with recovery included in the workout

What to expect at Sunday Long Runs:

The Sunday long run focus is on time on your feet. We use the long run to build up our endurance so that we can finish our distance races healthy and happy! Overall, these long runs should be at a very easy pace. We don’t want to race through the long runs because it will feel like we’ve ‘raced’ every weekend - our bodies will be tired and it increases the likelihood of injury. Each group will be led by experienced coaches who will help guide and support you. A sample route can be found here. We run both loops and out & backs from our strarting point so that we can have access to water/bathrooms/coaches. 

Pace Groups:

Our groups are open to anyone! Yes, anyone. We group everyone based on a timed mile at the beginning of the season (don’t worry it’s not your gym class mile from middle school) and use that to help match you with similarly paced people. Your coaches will help give you suggested training paces once in your group! A general breakdown of our groups are as follows:

• Sub 9:30: LR (long run) pace 
• 9:30 - 10:30 LR pace
• 10:30 - 11:30 LR pace
• 11:30 - 12:30 LR pace
• 12:30 - 13:30 LR pace
• 13:30 - 15:30 LR pace (includes Run/Walk Interval Group)

We recommend coming into the training being able to run 6-8 continuous miles. 

More Details

REFUNDS

• A full refund will be given to anyone up to midnight of the first day of the session if a valid reason is given for needing to cancel a membership.
• A refund of 75% will be given for those that provide a valid canceling reason up to two weeks into any 8-week or 10-week program such as No Boundaries and FFXT or up to three weeks for any program that is more than 10 weeks long such as the distance program.
• After the two or three-week period, depending on the length of the program, no refund will be given if a member needs to stop participating in the programs for any reason.

TRANSFERS

• A participant can transfer their program entry fee, in its full amount, to a future program if a valid transfer reason is provided within the first three weeks of the program.
• Fleet Feet will provide a 50% transfer value of the program entry fee if a transfer is necessary within the first five weeks of the program.
• After the five-week period, no transfers will be allowed if a member needs to stop participating in the programs for any reason.