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10K training plan

The 10K is fast from the gun. Your plan develops your speed, and the ability to hold it.

Wherever you start

  • First 10K — run the whole way
  • Sub-50 minutes — structured speed work
  • Personal best — intervals at the right intensity

Plan length

8 to 12 weeks, most often 10.

Example
A typical week in the build phase
  • MonRest
  • TueIntervals5 × 3 min, hard but even5.6 mi
  • WedEasyZone 2, conversational3.7 mi
  • ThuTempo2 × 10 min at threshold pace5.6 mi
  • FriRest
  • SatEasy + strides6 × 20 s relaxed and fast3.1 mi
  • SunLong runSteady, fully aerobic8.7 mi
Week total27 mi

The sessions that matter

Hard intervals

Three- to five-minute repeats that raise the ceiling of your aerobic engine.

Threshold

Longer, controlled efforts that teach you to hold a strong pace.

Easy running

The base that lets you absorb the fast work.

Start

A template plan for your goal, ready right away.

Four questions, and a plan built automatically based on your level and your number of sessions.

$39one payment

You pay once. Nothing renews.

  • Four questions: goal, race date, level, sessions per week
  • Built automatically based on your level and your number of sessions
  • Up to your race, 20 weeks at most; 8 weeks without a race (up to 15 if you start with walk-run)
  • Paces from a recent race time, otherwise by perceived effort
  • Ready as soon as you pay if you ask to start right away

Best for getting started fast with a simple framework, paid once.

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Your plan all the way to your goal, updated when your situation changes.

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  • Built from the full questionnaire: your running background, your week, your constraints
  • A plan all the way to your goal, then the next block
  • Updated as soon as you change your profile: goal, availability, pain
  • Private athlete space and a log of your sessions
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Most personal

Built from your answers and reviewed by a person.

Your plan built from your answers and reviewed by a person, with nutrition and race strategy. Automatic analysis of your watch data is coming soon. A subscription with no commitment: monthly, first month free on your first subscription; yearly, paid in one go.

$250a year

or $24.90 a month

Monthly: first month free on your first subscription · no commitment, stop whenever you want

  • Built from the full questionnaire: your background, your week, your constraints
  • Reviewed by a person before it reaches you
  • Messages to adjust a session, and a plan that moves with you
  • Private athlete space: plan, reference paces, messages
  • Nutrition and hydration included: carbohydrate, fluid and sodium, hour by hour (Fuel)
  • Race strategy and briefing included: target splits, aid stations, A, B and C scenarios (Race)
  • As many races as you want in the year, without paying again
  • Coming soon: automatic analysis of your watch data

Best for a target race that really matters.

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Questions

How long does it take to train for a 10K?
Eight to twelve weeks if you can already run for 30 minutes. From scratch, allow longer.
How many runs a week for a 10K?
Three to five. Your plan uses the days you actually have.
Should I run 10 km before race day?
Not necessarily at race pace. Your long runs usually go beyond 10 km, at an easy pace.

Your race is on the calendar. Your plan should be too.

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