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=Characteristics=
The table below looks at the general characteristics of the various plans.
{| class="wikitable" ! style=Notes on the columns"background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Plan! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |name! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Duration! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Min Days/week! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Max Days/week! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Min Cross Training days! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Max Cross Training Days! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Speedwork! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Long Run Pace! style="background-color: #DDD9C4;" |Long Run Speedwork|-| [[FIRST| FIRST's Run Less, Run Faster]]| Novice, Marathon| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |16| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |3| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |3| 2| 2| 2| MP+15 to MP+45| Yes|-| [[Galloway]] You Can Do It| Beginner, To Finish| style="background-color: #A6D27F;" |26| style="background-color: #FCAA78;" |6| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |6| 0| 0| 0| Not Specified| No|-| [[Galloway]] You Can Do It| Fat Burning| style="background-color: #A6D27F;" |26| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |5| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |5| 2| 2| 0| MP+120| No|-| [[Galloway]] You Can Do It| Goal based plans| style="background-color: #A6D27F;" |26| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |4| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |4| 2| 2| 0| MP+120| No|-| [[Galloway]]'s Book On Running| Goal based plans| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |32| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |4| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+120| No|-| [[Hanson| Hanson's Marathon Method]]| Beginner and Advanced| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #FCAA78;" |6| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |6| 0| 0| 2| Scaled (MP+50 to MP+30)| No|-| [[Higdon| Hal Higdon's Ultimate Training Guide]]| Novice| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |4| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |4| 1| 1| 0| NS (MP+30 to MP+90)| No|-| [[Higdon| Hal Higdon's Ultimate Training Guide]]| Intermediate 1/2| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |5| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |5| 1| 1| 0| NS (MP+30 to MP+90)| No|-| [[Higdon| Hal Higdon's Ultimate Training Guide]]| Advanced 1/2| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #FCAA78;" |6| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |6| 0| 0| 1 (Ad1), 2 (Ad2)| NS (MP+30 to MP+90)| No|-| [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]]| To Finish, Novice| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |3| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+90 to MP+120| Yes|-| [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]]| Plan A| style="background-color: #BDD881;" |24| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |3| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+90 to MP+120| Yes|-| [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]]| Elite, 12 Week| style="background-color: #BDD881;" |24| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |3| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+90 to MP+120| Yes|-| [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]]| 2Q| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |2| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+90 to MP+120| Yes|-| [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]]| 4Weeks| style="background-color: #A6D27F;" |26| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |2| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+90 to MP+120| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| <55/18 week| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |5| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |5| 0| 1| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| <55/12 week| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |12| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |5| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |5| 0| 1| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| 55-70/18 week| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #FCAA78;" |6| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |6| 0| 1| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| 55-70/12 week| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |12| style="background-color: #FCAA78;" |6| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |6| 0| 1| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| 70-85/18 week| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| 70-85/12 week| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |12| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| >85 (105)/18 week| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |18| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Pfitzinger| Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning]]| >85 (105)/12 week| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |12| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |7| 0| 0| 1| MP+10% to MP+20%| Yes|-| [[Waitz| Waitz's Run your first marathon]]| RYFM| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |16| style="background-color: #CBDC81;" |4| style="background-color: #97CD7E;" |4| 0| 0| 0| Not Specified| No|}
* '''Plan'''. I have generally used the last name of the primary author of the plan, except where the plan is better known by another name.
* '''Name'''. This is the name of the plan with the in the book, or in the case of Jack Daniels the parameters used to generate the plan.
* '''Fitness Based Paces'''. Both Jack Daniels and FIRST define all training paces based on your current fitness level, but other plans do not. (Note that the Hanson plans do prescribe training paces, but this is based on your goal rather than your proven fitness.)
* '''Long Run Pace'''. While only Jack Daniels and FIRST give fitness based Paces, most of the plans give at least a broad guidelines as to the appropriate long run pace. These training paces are specified as a number of seconds per mile slower than marathon pace, or occasionally as a percentage slower. (For example, MP+10% for a 6:00 min/mile marathoner: 6:00 pace is 360 seconds per mile, 10% of 360 is 36, so the pace would be 6:36 min/mile.)
Some of the plans have different number of days assigned to different activities as the plan progresses, in which case I've used a rough approximation. � =Long Run Analysis=
This section provides some detailed analysis of the long runs in each of the training plans. While some of the information is self-explanatory, some may require you to read the notes below the table. '''Only a subset of the plans for lower mileage, 4 hour marathoners is include''''''d'''. For a complete table, see [[A Comparison of Marathon Training Plans-Characteristics| Full Characteristics Table]]
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