Personalized marathon training plans built from 50,000+ race performances. Pace Perfect combines pacing, hill prep, fueling, and weather strategy for 40+ marathons, built by 2:29 marathoner Coach Neil Davis.
Every marathon course is different. Pace Perfect builds training plans tailored to your race's elevation, weather, pacing demands, and race-day execution.
No long questionnaires. No recurring subscriptions. Get your complete race-specific training plan in under 3 minutes.
Select your marathon, enter your goal time, and share your experience level and training history. That's it. No account required to start.
~2 minutesPace Perfect analyzes course elevation, historical weather, and 50,000+ finisher splits to create your personalized training schedule, pacing strategy, and race-day fueling plan.
InstantGet your full plan with weekly workouts, heart rate zones, hill-specific training, taper protocol, and a mile-by-mile race-day playbook. Email Coach Neil with any questions.
12–18 week planGeneric 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 40+ marathons. Your Pace Perfect plan trains you for the exact conditions you'll face.
Age, fitness level, heart rate zones, and training history are processed through physiological models to determine your optimal training loads and recovery periods.
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 calculated based on your race timeline, with automatic adjustments for taper timing, peak mileage, and intensity distribution.
"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 $9, 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."
The specificity of a personal coach at a fraction of the cost. Pace Perfect gives marathoners course-specific analysis and race-day strategy that generic plans can't match.
| Feature | Free Plans | Coaching ($150+/mo) | Pace Perfect ($9) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course-specific elevation analysis | ✗ | Varies | ✓ 40+ 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 | $9 one-time |
Stop guessing. Start training with a course-specific marathon plan built around your race, your goal time, and modern sports science.
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