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Pick the race you're training for. We'll find real races near you at the points in the build where a tune-up actually helps — a fitness check, a goal-pace rehearsal, and a sharpener before the taper. 326 goal races to choose from.
How it picks
The intervals are the standard shape of a build: something early to measure against, something in the middle at goal pace, something short and fast before you taper. What's different here is that the suggestions are real races on real dates — pulled from every race in Canada, filtered to what's actually near your goal race and close to the right week.
No AI invented these. A language model asked for “races near Kelowna in October” will cheerfully make some up. The picks come from the calendar; the only thing written for you is the note at the top.
Common questions
- Why race before my goal race at all?
- Because a race is the only honest read on your fitness. Long runs feel however you feel that day; a timed effort against other people doesn't lie. Most runners set a goal pace from hope and find out on race day it was wrong.
- Doesn't racing in a training block make me tired?
- A short race costs you a couple of easy days, which most plans have room for. The risk is racing everything flat out — the point of the intervals below is that each one has a different job, and only one of them is run at full effort.
- What if there's no race near me at the right time?
- Then run a solo time trial at the same distance and effort. The date matters more than the bib. The plan tells you when and why, not where you must be.
Also here: every race in Canada, races near you, and local running stores.