What are you training for?
Start with the decision that matters now. Endurance Unpacked connects complete plans, focused training guides, calculators and race-execution tools so you can move from information to a workable week.
Build half-marathon fitness
Choose a weekly structure, progress mileage and long runs, develop threshold control and prepare to race the fitness you built.
Explore running guides →Prepare for your first 70.3
Make swim, bike and run training fit a demanding schedule without treating recovery as optional.
Explore triathlon →Adapt without losing the goal
Rebuild weeks around work, travel, heat and fatigue while preserving the training signals that matter most.
Explore training and recovery →Start with the half marathon
Our first complete content cluster helps intermediate runners turn a goal into a sustainable twelve-week build. Begin with the full plan or solve the specific question limiting your training now.
12-week intermediate plan
A four- or five-day framework covering progression, key sessions, long runs, recovery and taper.
Read the complete plan →Four runs per week
A complete schedule for runners who need quality training without running almost every day.
See the four-day plan →Target sub-1:30
Understand the pace requirement, readiness benchmarks, workouts and race execution behind a sub-90 attempt.
Explore the sub-1:30 guide →Want the full 12-week system?
Get the English and French training guides, four- and five-day schedules, editable workbook, pace calculator, adaptation rules, taper and race-week tools in one complete package.
Explore the complete half-marathon planPrepare the final two weeks
Fitness only becomes a result when taper, fueling and pacing work together.
Taper without losing rhythm
Reduce fatigue while keeping the intensity cues you need on race day.
Use the 14-day taper →Time gels by duration
Choose one, two or three gels from finishing time and carbohydrate grams.
Build the fueling plan →Recover a missed week
Restart safely without doubling workouts or chasing lost mileage.
Use the return schedule →Turn race time into usable pace and splits
Enter a distance and time to calculate pace per kilometre, pace per mile, speed and cumulative splits. Use a result supported by current fitness—not an aspirational goal—to guide training.
Open the running pace calculatorMake the week survive real life
The free Race-Ready Week planning system helps you identify priority sessions, protect recovery and prepare a fallback before work or travel changes the plan.
Build a training week that survives real life
Get the free Race-Ready Week printable template and editable planner. Prioritize the sessions that matter, protect recovery and prepare a fallback before work or travel changes the plan.
Why Endurance Unpacked is different
Useful before impressive
Every article starts with the answer, then provides examples, decision rules and sessions you can apply.
Ambitious, not elitist
A first finish, sub-2-hour half marathon and sub-1:25 can each represent serious performance in the right context.
Experience with boundaries
Vincent’s running and long-course triathlon experience shapes the questions. Scientific and health claims are sourced, and experience is never presented as universal proof.