You’ve signed up for your next race and set a goal. Just finish? Break 3 hours in the marathon? Or simply enjoy yourself on race day? There’s no magic trick, you need the right preparation to hit your target. You need a personalized training plan and rock-solid motivation.
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What is a personalized training plan?
A training plan is a structured program designed to get you ready for a race. It follows a progression that helps your body and your mind adapt step by step to harder efforts.
Every coach has a slightly different approach, but any solid plan includes low-intensity workouts, the famous easy aerobic endurance, and interval sessions. Instead of running all the time at a medium pace, you’ll get better physiological adaptations by training both at low intensity and at high intensity.
At RunMotion Coach, we like to vary the paces in your workouts within your personalized training plan. Some sessions are set at your target race pace. For example, a marathon-pace run is done at the pace you plan to hold on marathon day.
Our algorithms, built on research from CNRS and MIT, use your past results and your target pace to propose a progression of paces (and heart rate zones if needed). No more manually calculating your paces.
How do you choose your personalized training plan?
You can find training plans almost anywhere, but the quality varies a lot. Some are in magazines, others online or in mobile apps. The advantage of the RunMotion Coach app is that we build your personalized training plan directly from your experience and the goals you’re preparing for. The training plans are designed by our team of experienced coaches.
To create a personalized training program, we build a backward plan based on your scheduled races. That way we know how much time we have to prepare you, and how to get you to the start line fresh and ready to perform on race day.
The final week is always lighter to help you recover, supercompensate, and feel hungry to race. Your last big workout happens 7 to 10 days before the main event. For tune-up races used as preparation, it’s possible to do an intense session 4 or 5 days before.
To choose your training plan, we recommend picking one designed by a coach you trust. Most importantly, choose a plan that adapts to your feedback (how you feel, missed sessions), just like in the RunMotion Coach app.
How do you stay motivated to follow your training plan?
When you’ve got a goal coming up, it’s always easier to get out the door and run. Runners also find motivation in the relationship they build with their coach. Giving feedback and tracking your progress is a powerful boost. On RunMotion Coach, you can choose your coach’s personality: positive, strict, or philosophical. You’ll definitely find one that fits you.
Have a great build-up for your next 10K, your next half marathon, your next marathon, your next trail race, or any other running event.
Now all that’s left to do is run.