Free distance guides teach the method behind 5K to marathon training. The Run Mastery app turns that method into a plan that fits a normal week, then rebuilds it when life happens.
Because a generic PDF is the same for everyone and the same forever. Everything Run Mastery builds, including the hand-built 8-week block, starts from your goal, your level, and your week.
That means the plans below are not just distance pages. They are the open version of the method: base, threshold, VO2Max, and test, sequenced in the right order.
Answer a few quick questions, and your 8-week block is built around them by hand. Distance guides below explain the training behind it.
Pick your distance
Speed built on base. How to train for a faster 5K without living on the track.
The honest distance. Threshold work on top of a deep aerobic base.
Endurance meets pace. The long run, the tempo, and the base that carries both.
The long game. Aerobic volume, fueling, and a build that respects recovery.
No race yet, or ready to begin? How Run Mastery works, step by step.
Three ways to train with us
Membership
App & Membership
$9.99 /mo
An adaptive plan that adjusts week by week, a method-based coach in the app, plus community and every guide. 7 days free.
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8-Week Block
$39.20 one time
Built by hand around your goal and current fitness, delivered within 7 days. No app, no subscription, yours to keep.
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Coaching
$149 /mo
Direct access to Joacim, with your week adjusted as you actually respond. Everything in the membership, plus a real coach.
Take your spotAugust 2026 · The last one
$39.20, one time. 20% off the usual $49. A full 8-week block built personally by Joacim around your goal, your zones, and your current volume, delivered within 7 days. This is the last one built this way, only through August.
Get your block, $39.20 →Common questions
The distance guides are free to read. A real personal plan comes three ways: the hand-built 8-week block ($39.20 one time, August only), the app membership ($9.99/mo after a free week), or 1-on-1 coaching ($149/mo).
A generic PDF is fixed the day you download it and knows nothing about you. Everything here, including the 8-week block, is built from your goal, your level and the days you can actually run.
Any level. Every option starts from where you are now, not from a template's assumptions. Most runners train three to five days a week, and volume and intensity scale to your current fitness before they progress.