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Broad Street Run has not announced its next date, so we have estimated May. Change the date below once you know it.
- Distances
- 10 miles
- Terrain
- Flat
- Field
- More than 40,000 runners
Course
The Broad Street Run course
Ten miles straight down Broad Street from north Philadelphia to the Navy Yard, net downhill and almost perfectly straight. One of the fastest ten mile courses in the country and a huge field.
- Terrain
- Flat
- Distances
- 10 miles
- Field
- More than 40,000 runners
- Weather on race day
- Early May in Philadelphia is usually good, though a warm year on an exposed straight road is a real possibility.
What to train for
Ten miles is long enough to need real endurance and short enough to race hard.
Threshold work plus a long run of twelve to fourteen miles covers it, and the flat straight course rewards even pacing.
Sample week
A sample Broad Street Run training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Tuesday Key session
- Intervals: 5 × 1 km at 5K to 10K effort, easy jog between
- Wednesday
- Easy run, 5–6 mi
- Thursday Key session
- Goal-pace run, 7 mi with 4 mi at race pace
- Friday
- Recovery run, 4 mi, or cross-train
- Saturday Key session
- Long run, 10–12 mi easy
- Sunday
- Easy run, 4 mi, then 6 relaxed strides
Taper
Tapering for the Broad Street Run
Start the taper ten to fourteen days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course is flat, so pacing decides the day: rehearse your goal pace in short segments during race week.
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Build me a training plan for the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run (10 miles) in May. I run [distance] a week, [days] days a week, easy pace [pace].
Broad Street Run training questions
How long should I train for the Broad Street Run?
Most runners give a 10-mile twelve to fourteen weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The plan above counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
Is the Broad Street Run course hilly?
Flat. Ten miles straight down Broad Street from north Philadelphia to the Navy Yard, net downhill and almost perfectly straight.
What is the weather usually like at the Broad Street Run?
Early May in Philadelphia is usually good, though a warm year on an exposed straight road is a real possibility.
When should I start tapering for the Broad Street Run?
Start the taper ten to fourteen days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course is flat, so pacing decides the day: rehearse your goal pace in short segments during race week.
Do I need an account to get a Broad Street Run training plan?
No. The plan above builds in your browser with no account, no email, and no card. Make a free account only if you want to keep it, log your runs against it, and have the coach keep adapting it as your training goes.