Your plan in four answers
Set for March 27, 2027, about 22 weeks out.
- Distances
- 10K
- Terrain
- Flat
- Taper starts
- March 18, 2027
Course
The Crescent City Classic course
A flat 10K from the French Quarter through the city to City Park, run on Easter weekend and followed by one of the larger post-race parties in American road racing.
- Terrain
- Flat
- Distances
- 10K
- Weather on race day
- April in New Orleans is warm and humid, and the humidity is usually the limiting factor.
What to train for
Flat and fast if the weather cooperates.
Threshold intervals and heat tolerance are the two things worth training.
Sample week
A sample Crescent City Classic 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: 6 × 800 m at 5K to 10K effort, easy jog between
- Wednesday
- Easy run, 5 mi
- Thursday Key session
- Tempo run, 5 mi with 2 mi comfortably hard
- Friday
- Recovery run, 3 mi, or cross-train
- Saturday Key session
- Long run, 7–8 mi easy
- Sunday
- Easy run, 3 mi, then 6 relaxed strides
Your build to race day
Taper
Tapering for the Crescent City Classic
Start the taper seven to ten 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. With the race on March 27, 2027, your taper starts around March 18, 2027.
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Crescent City Classic training questions
How long should I train for the Crescent City Classic?
Most runners give a 10k ten to twelve 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 Crescent City Classic course hilly?
Flat. A flat 10K from the French Quarter through the city to City Park, run on Easter weekend and followed by one of the larger post-race parties in American road racing.
What is the weather usually like at the Crescent City Classic?
April in New Orleans is warm and humid, and the humidity is usually the limiting factor.
When should I start tapering for the Crescent City Classic?
Start the taper seven to ten 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. With the race on March 27, 2027, your taper starts around March 18, 2027.
Do I need an account to get a Crescent City Classic 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.