
Olympian-Designed Training Plan to Take You From 22–24 Minutes → 21:xx
If you’re stuck near 22–24 minutes and can’t seem to push into the 21-minute zone, this plan will give you the exact structure, pacing, and progressive overload you need to break through your plateau.
Designed by Olympic marathon runner Ilya Tyapkin, this 12-week program blends advanced speed sessions, threshold workouts, long aerobic development, and smart recovery, so you increase fitness without overtraining.
No more random fartleks.
No more guessing intervals.
No more hitting walls in the final kilometer.
Just a clear, science-backed system to run 21:xx confidently.
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