How It Works

Joining Your 26.2 means you are part of a marathon training team, all training toward a common goal: Marathon Personal Bests! All of our training plans are written from scratch; no detail is spared. Our coaches have built an industry best reputation in triathlon based on their ability to pay attention to the details. If this is what you are looking for, you have come to the right place!

Options:

1. Free Membership - provides access to our calculators, to be used with our free training plans. [FREE]
   
2. Paid Membership - provides access to all of our member area resources as well as a custom written training plan around your races, life logistics, and daily workout availability [detailed questionnaire required]. There are two payment options for this membership: 1) Per Diem - your plan is written for a specific goal event up to 30 weeks away. The fee for your plan is charged upon order based on the length of your plan. [$21/week]; 2) Annual - You have up to 52 weeks of training plan available each year. These can be broken up however you'd like. Finish one, then have us write the next, up to 3 plans a year! This option requires a 52 week commitment. [$75/28 days];
3. 1-1 Coaching - If you are looking for more detailed support via your own personal coach including everything outlined in our Paid membership plus much more, this is the service for you. [$175/28days]. You may also add nutrition to this service for an additional $70.

What you get (paid options):

1. You are part of a marathon training team, and you get the support of your team members!
2. Training support via our Ask the Coach Forum with our coaches dedicated to answer questions via the forum, as needed (4 hour turnaround time in most cases).
3. Online training log, where workouts are posted, and used to record results/track progress for each workout.
4. You get your workouts emailed to you on your IPhone or Blackberry, two days in advance!
5. Set-up of training periodization for your training plan. This will consider your goal races and other personal commitments such as work schedule, family schedule, etc (provided in PDF).
6. Daily workouts, issued for entire period of your plan.
7. Periodic (~monthly) web-based conference calls to ask questions of our coaches.
8. Fueling guide, including how to fuel race day, the race day breakfast, and the carbohydrate load.
9. Nutrition/Diet guide including detailed information on how to execute the Core Diet, lose weight, and improve performance. Your 26.2 athletes also receive a 15% discount on all initial fees at TheCoreDiet.com!
10. Injury fix guide detailing how to identify and recover from common running injuries (although we try to avoid them altogether).
11. Run pace calculator which helps you determine a reasonable race pace based on your training metrics.
12. Heart rate calculator which can be used by you to determine appropriate heart rate training zones.

BENEFIT	FREE MEMBERSHIP	PAID MEMBERSHIP	1-1 Coaching
	FREE	$75/28 days	$175/28 days
Marathon Training Team	√	√	√
Team Forum	√	√	√
Access to Team Apparel	√	√	√
Run Pace Calculator	√	√	√
Heart Rate Calculator	√	√	√
Run Mechanics Guide		√	√
Key Workouts Guide	√	√	√
Your Name Added to Our Athlete Map	√	√	√
Training Support via our Ask the Coach Forum		√	√
Periodization for YOUR Training Plan (PDF)		√	√
Detailed Strength Training Plan		√	√
Online Training Log W/ Daily Workouts		√	√
Workouts Emailed to You Every Day		√	√
Training Plan Built Around YOUR Limiters and Races		√	√
Training Plan Built Around YOUR Life Logistics		√	√
Specific Field Testing and Review of HR zones		√	√
Periodic (~monthly) Calls W/ Our Coaches		√	√
Fueling Guide		√	√
Nutrition/Diet Guide		√	√
Injury Fix Guide		√	√
Core Diet Discounts and Partner Discounts		√	√
Your Own Personal Coach			√
Race Pacing Plans For All Your Races			√
Mental Strategies			√
Race Fueling Plan			additional $70
Day to Day Nutrition Consultation			additional $70
	REGISTER	REGISTER	REGISTER

How to start:

1. Sign up [HERE] for a free, or paid membership. If you are signing up for our 1-1 Coaching, please contact us here, and we will connect you with a coach to get started!
2. Free - Access the member area immediately. Paid - Have your custom training plan written by one of our coaches within 10 days, and receive access to the full member area immediately!
3. You must have a heart rate monitor to properly use our training program. It is also recommended that you get a GPS device to help track your running pace progress.
4. Access our member area, learn and begin training!

**NOTE: For per diem Paid Memberships, the full Plan fee is charged upon order of your plan. Annual memberships require a 52 week commitment and are billed at $75 every 28 days by automatic credit card debit. No more than 3 plans per year will be written, or a total of 52 weeks of training for annual memberships (whichever limit is reached first).**