r/Marathon_Training is a subreddit with 162k 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, results, success!, other, and newbie.
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
: "Where do you get the time"
22 posts
#2
Results
: "Ran my first marathon. A 1.5-year transformation."
15 posts
#3
Success!
: "First marathon (3 h: 59 min: 32 sec"
13 posts
#4
Other
: "Annual reminder that you don't suck at running all of the sudden, it's just hot outside now."
12 posts
#5
Newbie
: "What part of marathon training feels normal today that would've seemed impossible to your past self?"
10 posts
#6
Race time prediction
: "Epic Grandma’s Marathon bonk yesterday going for 3:12. Need insight"
9 posts
#7
Nutrition
: "Let’s see how these do for this weekends 13 mile long run"
5 posts
#8
Medical
: "Recovering from runs as a beginner"
3 posts
#9
Hydration
: "How do people race without hydration vests? Srs question"
2 posts
#10
Shoes
: "Those of you who don’t race in carbon-plated shoes, what are your race-day shoes?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Marathon_Training
Yearly
+50k members(45.2%)
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Last updated: July 5, 2026