Church of the Long Run - London - Marathon Workout

For this weekend's Church of the Long Run in London, we run a marathon paced workout. Sandwiching some efforts at your goal marathon pace not only will give you the fitness, it will also unlock the mental training that you can achieve your goal marathon time. Every Sunday, we offer a community-driven long run with options of 13 km (8 miles) and 26 km (16 miles). Both distance options offer many opportunities to lengthen or shorten your miles, depending on your needs.

Meet at the London Trackhouse for 9AM, bag drop, changing will be available. We kick off from 9:30AM. These meet-ups are free and open to runners of all abilities. There will also be a bag drop available. Before the run, we will have coffee, bananas and water available. Post-run, stick around for some more coffee.

26k/16M Long Run Breakdown:
5k Warmup
4 x 3k at tempo pace with 1k recovery
5k Cooldown

13k/8M Short Run Breakdown:
5k Warmup
1 x 3k at marathon pace with 1k recovery
5k Cooldown

Pace groups will range from:

2:45hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 7:30/mile - 4:40/km
Marathon Effort - 6:20/mile - 3:55/km

3:00hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 8:00/mile - 5:00/km
Marathon Effort - 6:50/mile - 4:15/km

3:15hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 8:30/mile - 5:20/km
Marathon Effort - 7:25/mile - 4:35/km

3:30hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 9:00/mile - 5:35/km
Marathon Effort - 8:00/mile - 5:00/km

3:45hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 9:30/mile - 5:55/km
Marathon Effort - 8:30/mile - 5:20/km

4:00hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 10:00/mile - 6:20/km
Marathon Effort - 9:00/mile - 5:35/km

4:30hr Marathon Group:
Warmup/Cooldown pace: 11:00/mile - 6:50/km
Marathon Effort - 10:00/mile - 6:15/km

Full breakdown of the route and pace groups will be published on our Strava Event page. We are asking all runners joining us for the first time to fill out this run club waiver before arriving.