Sub 40 Minute 10km Training Plan

Distance

10km

Target pace

4:00 /km

Length

8 weeks

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Your paces.

To run a Sub 40 Minute 10km, you need to maintain a race pace of approximately 4:00 min/km. Your training sessions will use the following paces:

Tempo

3:50-4:20

min/km

Long / Slow

4:48-5:41

min/km

Intervals

3:22-3:46

min/km

About this plan.

This plan runs over 8 weeks. You can start at any point: do all 8 weeks or jump in wherever feels right.

Try our Sub 40 Minute 10km plan.This is a tough, punchy 8 week plan to get you prepared for a fast 10k. 40 minutes is a guide but you can really push for any PB by getting all of these miles in. We've included a lot of tempo runs and serious speed work in this. Focus here to make sure you can treat the race like one big tempo effort. Your long runs for most of the 8 weeks will go well beyond race distance. This will make sure you are ready to push that bit harder for the race to smash your target time. Of course, nobody knows your body better than you so you can drop a few ks if you feel you need it. For more rest, think about swapping some of the early week easy runs with some yoga or non impact cross-training.

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Example weeks.

Week 3 55.1 km 6 runs
Monday

Easy 5km

4:42 - 5:12 / km

Tuesday

Ladder Intervals

3:26 - 4:43 / km

Wednesday

Easy 8km

4:42 - 5:12 / km

Thursday

Tempo

3:52 - 4:22 / km

Friday

Rest

Saturday

Race Pace 5km

4:00 / km

Sunday

Long Run 19km

4:57 - 5:36 / km

Week 6 56.0 km 6 runs
Monday

Easy 5km

4:42 - 5:12 / km

Tuesday

Intervals

3:26 - 4:43 / km

Wednesday

Easy 11km

4:42 - 5:12 / km

Thursday

Progression

3:52 - 4:22 / km

Friday

Rest

Saturday

Race Pace 5km

4:00 / km

Sunday

Progression

4:57 - 5:36 / km

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FAQs.

How many weeks is the Sub 40 Minute 10km training plan?

8 weeks. Start at week 1 or join later. The example weeks on this page are from this plan.

What if I miss a run?

Skip it in the app and do the next session. If you need a few days off, pause the plan and come back when you are ready. Missed runs are dropped, not stacked onto the rest of the week.

Do these workouts sync to Garmin or Coros?

Yes. Workouts on this plan sync to Garmin and Coros so the session is on your watch.