Marathon Training Plan Less Is More. Reduced mileage weeks are called ‘cutback’ or ‘step down’ weeks in training. Running fewer miles at high intensity to improve speed and race times.

I used the run less run faster program for my 4th marathon. You run a maximum of 3 times per week with all runs being either hard workouts or long runs you supplement these runs with at least 2 days of hard cross training each week Pacing is based on a current 10k time.