# No training session longer than 30km in your marathon plan? Perhaps your settings are wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/no-training-session-longer-than-30km-in-your-marathon-plan-perhaps-your-settings-are-wrong/5103 "2026-11-06T16:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giuseppe85](https://forum.athletica.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@Giuseppe85](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/Giuseppe85)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/no-training-session-longer-than-30km-in-your-marathon-plan-perhaps-your-settings-are-wrong/5103/1 "2026-11-06T16:39:11Z")
Many find themselves lacking long sessions over 25km in the marathon plans. The long sessions only exist in most pre-structured plans because there is 1 or 2 full rest days. Try to set up only 5 or 6 days of training and you will see that in the weekend you will find plenty of 25 and \> 32km sessions Consistency IS THE KEY! ![26725](https://forum.athletica.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ed0dddb4d20f9e1a8afbc3c1a85eb81a4b0f696d.jpeg) ![26727](https://forum.athletica.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b23676159101e03f49a486e10ee6e91118368888.jpeg) ![26726](https://forum.athletica.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a378a4dd917390dac21b462939a43f9cf1e659a4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SimpleEnduranceCoach](https://forum.athletica.ai/user_avatar/forum.athletica.ai/simpleendurancecoach/32/1591_2.png) [@SimpleEnduranceCoach](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/SimpleEnduranceCoach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/no-training-session-longer-than-30km-in-your-marathon-plan-perhaps-your-settings-are-wrong/5103/2 "2026-11-06T17:56:22Z")
Exactly. We just recorded an Athlete’s Compass podcast about this topic, where Dr. Laursen talked about how the weekly consistency allowed for more volume and more training stress without the super long runs. ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe85](https://forum.athletica.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@Giuseppe85](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/Giuseppe85)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/no-training-session-longer-than-30km-in-your-marathon-plan-perhaps-your-settings-are-wrong/5103/3 "2026-11-06T21:20:21Z")
But the most important thing is that, even if you’re following a low- or medium-volume plan, it remains ESSENTIAL to include at least three long runs—of 24, 26, and 29 km—to get used to running after 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours. The plan might not call for them, but there’s nothing stopping us from doing them.👍