Start with a free coach-style assessment based on your race, goal, mileage, schedule, and training constraints. If it feels right, unlock a custom 18-week plan for $49, built manually by Coach Neil Davis around your course and training history.
Choose your marathon, answer a few quick training questions, and see what your plan should focus on: goal fit, course demands, sample paces, and one sample training week. Then decide whether to unlock the full custom 18-week plan for $49.
Boston punishes early downhill mistakes. Chicago rewards rhythm and patience. New York demands bridge strength and restraint. Pace Perfect builds your training around the course you'll actually face.
Plus Berlin, Marine Corps, Tokyo, CIM, Houston, Mesa, and more mapped races
Start with a quick coach-style assessment of your race, goal, mileage, and training constraints. Then unlock a custom 18-week plan built manually around the course and the runner you are right now.
Choose your marathon and share your goal time, current mileage, preferred run days, and any training constraints.
No card requiredYour assessment shows your course demands, goal fit, sample paces, training focus, and one sample week.
Free assessmentFor $49, Coach Neil builds the full plan manually: every workout, long run, rest day, taper week, and race-day strategy.
$49 one-timeGeneric marathon plans ignore the data that matters most. Pace Perfect builds training plans using real-world performance analytics, course-specific modeling, and peer-reviewed sports science.
Elevation profiles, temperature ranges, humidity patterns, and finish time distributions for 75+ marathons. Your Pace Perfect plan trains you for the exact conditions you'll face.
Your plan accounts for your age, current mileage, goal time, training history, injury context, and available run days so the workload matches the runner, not just the race.
Statistical analysis of 50,000+ marathon performances helps Pace Perfect predict your optimal race strategy, including when to push, when to conserve, and how to pace key segments.
Training phases are organized around your race date, current fitness, peak mileage target, long-run progression, workout timing, and taper.
A flat marathon, a downhill marathon, and a hilly marathon should not use the same training emphasis. Pace Perfect adjusts the build around the terrain, fatigue pattern, and race-day decisions that matter most.
"The course-specific hill training made all the difference at Boston. I ran the Newton Hills feeling strong instead of dreading them. Negative split the second half and PR'd by 4 minutes."
"For $49, the amount of detail you get is absurd. Heart rate zones, weekly schedule, race-day fueling plan, pacing splits — it would take me hours to piece this together from free resources."
"I used a generic Pfitz plan for my first two marathons and blew up both times in the second half. The Pace Perfect plan had me run Boston conservatively through mile 16, then I passed 200+ people in the final 10K."
A coach-built custom marathon plan without a monthly coaching subscription. Pace Perfect gives runners course-specific strategy, structured training, and a clear 18-week build for $49.
| Feature | Free Plans | Coaching ($150+/mo) | Pace Perfect ($49) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course-specific race assessment | ✗ | Varies | ✓ Mapped courses |
| Personalized HR & pace zones | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weather-adjusted pacing | ✗ | Sometimes | ✓ |
| Mile-by-mile race strategy | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Race-day fueling plan | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coach access for questions | ✗ | ✓ Unlimited | |
| Price | Free | $150–300/mo | $49 one-time |
Start with a free coach-style assessment. Then unlock a custom 18-week plan built around your race, goal, current fitness, and course demands.
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