r/Marathon_Training is a subreddit with 166k members. The community frequently discusses marathon, training, struggling, injury, and advice, and they frequently recommend/review running headphones, tights, and running app, and the most common flair used is training plans, race time prediction, other, newbie, and medical .
This subreddit is for discussions about road and trail marathons. All levels of experience are welcome. Our rules are simple: be kind and no spam, content should be centered around training for marathons. To reduce spam and trolls, all contributors must have a minimum karma of 10 to participate.
Popular Topics in r/Marathon_Training
#1
Marathon
191 posts
#2
Training
148 posts
#3
Struggling
47 posts
#4
Injury
33 posts
#5
Advice
28 posts
#6
Time
26 posts
#7
Pace
19 posts
#8
First
18 posts
#9
Long Runs
16 posts
#10
Race
16 posts
Products Discussed in r/Marathon_Training
Running Headphones
46 reviews
#1
Shokz
4.2★ from 17 reviews
#2
Jabra
4.3★ from 7 reviews
#3
Beats
5.0★ from 5 reviews
Tights
33 reviews
#1
Janji
4.9★ from 14 reviews
#2
Nike
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#3
Bandit
4.8★ from 4 reviews
Running App
26 reviews
#1
Runna
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#2
Nike Run Club
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
Strava
3.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Marathon_Training
#1
Training plans
: "Is it really just volume?!?!"
28 posts
#2
Race time prediction
: "Is sub 4 doable at Chicago for a first marathon?"
14 posts
#3
Other
: "Only wanting to take racecations and not vacations. Anyone else?"
13 posts
#4
Newbie
: "Is 18 really enough ?"
13 posts
#5
Medical
: "Runners Knee, am I cooked?"
10 posts
#6
Shoes
: "When did rotating shoe brands/models during training become a thing?"
7 posts
#7
Nutrition
: "Show me your snack drawers!"
6 posts
#8
Success!
: "Ran the length of a marathon today"
3 posts
#9
MOD ANNOUNCEMENT
: "Sydney Marathon Thread. Training and questions discourse"
2 posts
#10
Tech
: "My knees hurt"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Marathon_Training
Yearly
+50k members(43.0%)
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Last updated: August 22, 2026