Preparing for the 2027 Berlin Half Marathon: flat, wide and fast

The marathon's avenues, short version

Start on Karl-Marx-Allee, through Alexanderplatz, the Tiergarten and Charlottenburg, finish near the Brandenburg Gate: under 40 metres of climbing, four-lane avenues, an impeccable surface.

In early April, temperatures sit around 5 to 12 °C, with a risk of cool wind in the Tiergarten. The plan schedules a cool-weather long run in race kit.

Ten late-winter weeks

Early April: a 10-week plan from late January. The AI coach applies its cold rule in the first weeks, then normal paces as soon as the frost is gone.

The weekly review compares planned and completed on Garmin, tracks the training load and brings an assimilation week forward if how you feel deteriorates two weeks running.

Pacing strategy in Berlin

Instruction: first two kilometres at target pace plus 5 seconds, steady target pace afterwards, let go over the last five kilometres. On such wide avenues, run the inside line in the turns: the official course is measured at the shortest.

• — Late January to February: volume, long run up to 75 minutes.
• — March: threshold and half-pace blocks up to 12 km, 90-minute long run.
• — Early April: taper.

The plan's "Race" session, scheduled on the watch, carries the pace range and alerts you at the first too-fast kilometre.

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