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Zest challenge: Get marathon ready with our 12-week plan

Follow our day-by-day plan to run the marathon in just 12 weeks!


Posted: 25 January 2011

Ruth Emmett

Signed up to the marathon, but struggling with getting those laces tied and pounding the pavements? Well, we have just the thing for you.

Just use our easy-to-follow weekly training plan for 12 weeks, and those 26.2 miles really will just fly by. Although it's not suitable for absolute beginners (look out for that training plan coming soon), this will get you race ready if you can already run a 10k comfortably. Also, you can use Jon Stratford's expert fitness tips to keep you motivated in the build up to the race.

Follow the plan alongside Ruth. She'll be blogging about her progress, and we'd love to hear how you're getting on, too. So, stick a message on her blog, or start up your own blog in the Zest Challenge folder in the forum.

And if you want to know how many calories you're burning, then check out our calorie calculator, too.


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