24-Week Marathon Level 2 (Development): The Novice 80/20 Protocol

Running
Marathon
Beginner
5 days/week (3 - 7.5 hours)
Power, Pace, HR
Description
Overview
Sample Week

Description

Stop running your easy days too hard and your hard days too easy. Tackling 26.2 miles requires safely building your aerobic engine without injury. Designed specifically for novice runners taking on the full marathon, this 24-week plan uses the proven 80/20 Endurance methodology. You will run 4 days a week, with 2 days of cross-training, keeping the vast majority of miles purely aerobic (Zone 2) to safely build time on feet. To elevate fitness, you'll dedicate just one day a week to ...

Structured workout in your watch
This training plan includes

Individualized training with structured workouts

Structured workouts guide you through workouts in real time and deliver a more efficient and effective training session.

Weekly Averages

Days of training
5
Workouts
5
Duration
3 hr - 7.5 hr
Distance
13 mi - 48 mi

Overview

Run
100 workouts
78:55:00 hr
138 mi
Bike
47 workouts
25:40:00 hr
Strength Training
68 workouts
08:40:00 hr
Different sport devices

Supported Apps and Devices

Sync data from popular fitness devices and apps such as Garmin, Apple Watch, Strava, TrainerRoad, COROS and many others.

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Sample Week (3rd week)

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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

24-Week Marathon Level 2 (Development): The Novice 80/20 Protocol

Running
Marathon
Beginner
5 days/week (3 - 7.5 hours)
Power, Pace, HR
24-Week Marathon Level 2 (Development): The Novice 80/20 Protocol
$39.00
  • Apply instantly to your Final Surge calendar. Reuse this plan as much as you want.
  • Sync Structured Workouts to supported devices
  • Daily workout email reminders
Plan Provided by
Fowler Endurance™
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