What It Takes To Run A Sub-4hr Marathon - Numbers & Workouts 

I'm 5 weeks into my own Coach Parry running program. And I'm a big fan already! Truly seeing the difference by training this way. Great explanation, Devlin!

Hi Coach Parry, thank you for putting out this video. I appreciate all the info shared. For about 4years I've struggled to hit sub4 marathon, the closest I've come was 4h06min. I always seem to hit a wall at about 35km. My times for the shorter distances are as stated in the video. 5km : 25min - 27min 10km : 50min - 53min 21.1km : 1h52min - 1h 55min prior to 2020 when all outdoor activities was brought to a halt. 2021 , I started building on my fitness level again.

This is great news! I recently ran a 1.44 half and a 44 min 10k. I havent cracked the marathon-code yet and still need over 4 hours. I will absolutely take a look at this.

That side on/over the shoulder camera angle is very strange. Made me feel disconnected. The screenshots of the program was great. Loved that you did a video on a realistic time for recreational runners who are the most likely to be on youtube for advice. I really liked how you qualified it right at the start by saying this is a plan for someone who is capable of a half marathon at x time or a 10km in x time.

Love the guy in the background taking care of his nose ;-)

I am five months back in running again, and would certainly love to start to run a sub 4 hour marathon. I must say that I have been running out of discipline rather than fun. It was a bit boring and terribly slow, without anything hurting or being out of breath, But, a bit delayed or being blessed it is coming back. I must say, after a lot of training allso doing short intervals with hiher speed, and a bunch of different drills, My legs are back. I have shortened Iintervals when I was not satisfied with my running form, but sped up for half a minute when my legs asked me. Hurray, i look foreward to making "trips" again with a feeling similar to riding a bike. slower but with less concentration on the road, even though I run barefoot. I think the main key to not getting tired (once you have functioning running legs is the sheer pleasure to move on your feet when the ride is amooth.

I last did any decent running in 2019 and have since put on 17kgs. I have a marathon pb of 3:26 and a 8:43 comrades

What's the pace for those long runs on Saturday? Also are there no marathon pace workouts?

Thank you for awesome video. Any comments on stretching

I’ve gotten under 2 hours in the half marathon just randomly running around 5 to 15 km. Not sure if I’m going to step up to a full marathon, I know I can’t put that much time into it.

This looks great 👍🏻 I’ll be looking at following this for October. I’m just coming back from 3 months off. Any recommendations on what plans I should follow to get myself in shape before time to start this plan. I know I definitely need to build mileage (last marathon in 2019 I only ran the half warmup race 4 weeks before and that was my longest run 😱).

Started today with 2hr long run, Tuesday I usually do a sub 25min 5km should I keep this or do the 4min intervals rather?.

question: Do you ever start with a time trial, then calculate a good marathon race goal from there?

Great video! Thanks for sharing this info.

Well I guess it’s time to commit to a program I have been without a Coach for the past two years.

How much weekly mileage or minimum training is recommended before starting this Plan??

Hi if possible can you provide me with and email so I can make arrangements to purchase that plan. Thank you