Course-specific marathon coaching

Your marathon plan, built by hand for your exact race.

Start with a free assessment of your race, goal, and training. If it feels right, Coach Neil Davis builds you a complete 18-week plan — pacing, workouts, fueling, taper — around your course and history. $49, no subscription, real email support to the start line.

2:29
Coach marathon PR
100+
Course-specific guides
48h
Plan delivery
$49
One-time, no subscription
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Free coach assessment
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Free assessment first No card required Full plan $49
By hand
Every plan built personally by Coach Neil
100+
Course-specific race guides
12–18 wk
Periodized training plans
30-day
Money-back guarantee
Coach Neil Davis
Meet your coach

Every plan is built by one person — and he actually runs.

I'm Neil Davis, a 2:29 marathoner who's been running and studying the marathon for decades. I don't hand you a template with a race name pasted on. I read your race history, your injuries, your schedule, and the course itself, then build the plan around them — and when you reply to your plan email, you're emailing me, not a bot or a support queue.

Neil Davis
2:29 marathon PR 100+ course-specific guides Hand-built plans Real email support
Race-specific training

Every marathon asks a different question.

Boston punishes early downhill mistakes. Chicago rewards rhythm and patience. New York demands bridge strength and restraint. Your plan is built around the course you'll actually face.

Plus Berlin, Marine Corps, Tokyo, CIM, Houston, and 90+ more mapped races

How it works

From a free assessment to a plan built for you.

See what your plan should focus on before you pay a cent — then let Coach Neil build the full thing by hand.

Step 01

Start the free assessment

Choose your marathon and share your goal time, current mileage, run days, and any training constraints.

No card required
Step 02

See what your plan should solve

Your assessment shows course demands, goal fit, sample paces, training focus, and one sample week.

Free assessment
Step 03

Get your hand-built plan

For $49, Coach Neil builds the full 18-week plan personally — every workout, long run, taper week, and race-day strategy.

$49 one-time
The craft

Built for you — not generated for anyone.

A generic plan trains the distance. A Pace Perfect plan trains your race, your body, and your schedule — because Coach Neil builds each one around the details that actually decide race day.

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Course-specific by design

Elevation, terrain, weather patterns, and pacing traps for your specific marathon shape the plan — so you train for the race you're actually running.

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Built around the runner you are

Your age, current mileage, goal time, training history, injuries, and available run days set the workload — so it fits you, not a generic template.

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Pacing & fueling strategy

Goal-based pace zones, a race-day fueling plan, and course-aware execution cues: when to push, when to hold, and how to fuel through the hard miles.

Coach-built periodization

Training phases organized around your race date, current fitness, peak-mileage target, long-run progression, and taper — sequenced by hand.

Built for the course

Generic plans train the distance. Pace Perfect trains the race.

A flat marathon, a downhill marathon, and a hilly marathon shouldn't use the same training emphasis. Coach Neil builds around the terrain, the fatigue pattern, and the race-day decisions that matter most.

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From our runners

Real plans. Real runners. Real races.

★★★★★

"Thank you again for how thoughtful and well-structured it is. I really appreciate the time and detail you put into it."

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Delia S.
Chicago Marathon
★★★★★

"Thank you for the plan… I reviewed it carefully and appreciate everything. There's more speed in there than I originally thought."

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Mary Ann P.
Indianapolis · 20+ marathons
★★★★★

"Thank you, Neil! I really appreciate all the information about the course!"

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Annette K.
Wicked Fast San Diego
Why Pace Perfect

Coaching-quality plan. Not a coaching subscription.

A hand-built, course-specific plan with real coach support — for a one-time $49, not $150+/month.

What you get Free plans 1:1 coaching ($150+/mo) Pace Perfect ($49)
Course-specific race plan Varies ✓ Mapped courses
Hand-built by a real coach
Personalized pace & HR zones
Race-day fueling & strategy
Coach email support ✓ Ongoing ✓ Included
Price Free $150–300/mo $49 one-time

Find out what your marathon plan should focus on.

Start with a free coach assessment. Then unlock a custom 18-week plan, built by hand around your race, goal, fitness, and course.

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Free assessment · Full custom plan $49 · 30-day money-back guarantee