Marathon vision board template
A marathon is the rare goal where the plan is already written; the whole difficulty is doing the next run. So a marathon board should not be a finish-line photo. It should be the next run. This template puts the race on tile one and then breaks the sixteen weeks into the things that quietly decide race day: the long run that grows by a kilometre, the shoes bought early enough to break in, the fuelling you practise, the sleep, the strength work you skip, the rest day you do not. A couple of tiles hold the logistics, the registration and the travel, and the last one holds the finish. Change the distance if you are training for a half; the structure stays.
The 12 tiles: caption and next action
- Marathon in October, under 4:30Next action: Register today and put the date on tile one
- Four runs a weekNext action: Put next week's four runs in the calendar
- Long run to 30KNext action: Do this week's long run one kilometre longer
- Shoes broken in by week 8Next action: Buy the race shoes this week
- Fuel practised on every long runNext action: Buy three gels and try one on Sunday
- Strength twice a weekNext action: Do ten lunges each leg after today's run
- Asleep by 10 on long-run eveNext action: Set the Saturday bedtime alarm
- Rest day, actually restingNext action: Write Monday rest in the plan
- A running partner for the long onesNext action: Ask one friend to join Sunday
- Race plan with three pacesNext action: Write the start, middle and finish pace
- Travel and hotel bookedNext action: Book the hotel near the start line
- The medal, and the photoNext action: Picture the finish, then lace up for today's run
Suggested style: Midnight
Midnight is the colour of the early alarm and the finish-line photo. Gold for the medal. Six presets are available in the maker; pick another if this one does not match your photos.