Join the club for runners
who are all in.
RunClub is your membership to Marathon Handbook — full training plan library, exclusive weekly podcast, community access, exclusive tickets to our events, and coaching tools that help you chase every goal.
Everything that comes with the club
One membership, the whole of Marathon Handbook — your people, access to our team, the events and the tools, all in one place.
The community
Topic-based rooms full of dedicated runners and the MH team — advice, accountability and genuine connection, every day.
Members-only podcast
Weekly members-only podcast from the MH podcast team, including AMAs and deep-dives you don't get in the regular pod.
Access to events
Get tickets to our live events at members' pricing — usually free — and before anyone else.
Training plan library
Unfiltered access to our library of proven training plans, from 5K to ultramarathons, tested by hundreds of thousands of runners — in PDF and Google Sheets format.
The Running Quiz + Splits
Test yourself with the weekly quiz and keep your streak alive with Splits, our daily running game.
Online courses
Access 14+ hours of exclusive video content from the MH team — courses for the half marathon, marathon and ultramarathon.
Mara — coming soon
Mara, our adaptive training-plan app, is on the way for members. Your RunClub membership will connect to it the moment it launches.
Badges & discounts
Earn collectible race medallions and unlock member perks on MH merch and partner gear.
Tools & calculators
The full Marathon Handbook toolkit — pace, race-time and training calculators, all in one place.
Where dedicated runners belong.
This isn't a feed to scroll. It's a club of dedicated runners — with the Marathon Handbook team right there in the rooms with you. Become a member and the whole of Marathon Handbook opens up to you.
A real community of runners
A community of dedicated runners — with direct access to the Marathon Handbook team. Swap advice, share the wins and the ugly long runs, and get answers straight from the coaches, writers and runners who make MH. From your first 5K to your sixth Major.
Motivation that shows up
Accountability from people on the same path — the nudge that gets you out the door.
Answers you can trust
Ask anything and hear from real runners, coaches and the MH team — not a forum of strangers.
Celebrate every win
First parkrun or a new PR — the room is there for all of it.
Your people, by topic
Find the runners chasing the same races and goals as you.
You're in, in minutes
Join free
Create your account and set up your runner profile — no card required.
Meet your people
Jump into the rooms, say hi, and find runners chasing the same goals.
Unlock the tools
Dive into the content, events, games, courses and training tools.
Show up & belong
Keep streaks, earn badges, hit your goals — with a club behind you.
Run with the people behind Marathon Handbook
You're joining a club run by the real coaches, runners and writers behind Marathon Handbook — and they show up in the rooms too.
Thomas Watson
Founder
Amby Burfoot
Editor at Large
Katelyn Tocci
Senior Editor
Michael Doyle
Editor-in-Chief
Alex Cyr
Contributing Editor
Jessy Carveth
Senior News Reporter
Runners who went the distance
New PB! Thanks Thomas!!!
Kuba PikubaMilton Keynes Half · 1:39
I placed 3rd in my age group!
Rachel MatsonWaco Half · 2:06
I learned so much from this course!
Ze'ev FeldingerBoca Raton Half · 1:53
Join RunClub
Unlock the whole club with RunClub — the full training-plan library, the community, online courses and more, all for $1 in your first week. The Mara training app is coming soon for members.
RunClub
Your all-access membership to Marathon Handbook
That’s just $6/month, billed yearly
Try 1 week for $1$1 for your first week · then $72/yr · cancel anytime
- The full 80+ training-plan library — 5K to 100 miler
- Every RunClub community room, full access
- Members-only weekly podcast, AMAs & deep-dives
- All online courses — 14+ hours of video
- The Running Quiz & Splits — full archives & leaderboards
- Members’ pricing & early access to live events
- Every tool, calculator & badge
Not ready to commit? Join free → — the community, the games and badges are yours at no cost.
Members only
The Green Room
Our members-only podcast — weekly AMAs, deep dives and unfiltered conversations from the Marathon Handbook team, plus the stories that don’t make the main show. Add the private feed to your podcast app the moment you join.
Questions
RunClub is $72 a year (or $10 a month), and your first week is just $1 so you can try everything before you commit. Cancel anytime.
A community of dedicated runners, exclusive content and podcasts, access to events, the training plan library, the quiz and games, online courses, badges and member discounts — all under one membership.
Topic-based rooms full of real runners — from first-timers to people chasing a Major — plus the MH team. Swapping advice, accountability and wins, every day. Just runners who get it.
Absolutely. Paid memberships start with a $1 first week — cancel during that week and you won't be charged the annual fee, and you can cancel any time after that.
Hit any "Become a member" button, create your profile, and you are in — straight into the community and everything that comes with it.
Your club is waiting.
Join a community of runners training smarter and showing up for each other. Membership is free to start.
Become a member $1 first week · then $72/yr · cancel anytime