Training Zone of the Vienna City Marathon
Tip #1: Do it, and do it together. You'll always be motivated with a friend or a group.
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- Start Simple: 5 Rules to stay fit or get fit
- VCM Training Runs: Every Tuesday until the VCM in Prater Hauptallee
- VCM Winter Running Series: Three races, one goal
- adidas Runners Vienna: Your running community in Vienna
- Parkrun: 5 km every Saturday in Donaupark
Training Plans
To help you prepare for the Vienna City Marathon 2026, we are once again offering VCM training plans for the marathon and Wiener Städtische Half Marathon from our partner Sportordination, tailored to the VCM Winter Running Series and the weekly VCM Training Runs.
We will make the training plans available for download here approximately three months before the VCM.
We wish you all the best and lots of fun with your VCM preparation! VCM Training Runs - Your running community in Vienna
To support your preparation for the Vienna City Marathon and Wiener Städtische Half Marathon on 19 April 2026 and to boost your motivation, we will be holding weekly VCM Training Runs in the Prater Hauptallee in Vienna from 4 November 2025.From then on, many running enthusiasts will be out and about together every week in several pace groups with coaches from Sportordination. Participation is free of charge.
The aim is to have a great experience at the VCM. Together we run!
Our partner Sportordination organises the training sessions with experienced coaches in several pace groups.
VCM Training Runs 2025/26
- Every Tuesday from 4 November 2025 to 14 April 2026
- Starts at 6:30 PM
- Meeting Point: Prater Hauptallee KM 2 / "Kipchoge Finish" / Stadionbad car park
- Total duration: approx. 1.5 hours, including warm-up & cool-down
- Several pace groups with coaches from Sportordination
- Geared towards target times of 3:15-4:45 hours for the marathon and 1:37-2:22 hours for the Wiener Städtische half marathon
- Tailored to the VCM Winter Running Series
- Participation in the training runs is free of charge
- Break during the Christmas holidays
From January 2026, we will be offering eight training groups with longer interval training programmes in line with the VCM training plans of the Sportordination.
We want to offer suitable training for a wide range of runners. However, running experience and a certain fitness level are also required for the ‘finishing’ group, as the HIIT sessions are demanding.
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- Information to follow.
VCM training information
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Only come to the VCM Training Run if you are healthy!
- In case of pain or infection: Take a break and give yourself time to get fit and fully resilient again.
- If in doubt, have yourself checked by a doctor.
- Be aware that the fast and perhaps unfamiliar training sessions are strenuous.
Important to know:
- As a group, we always run on the right-hand side of the Hauptallee.
- Do not use headphones during training so that you can understand the information given by the coaches and other runners.
- During the VCM Training Runs, pictures and videos will be taken for the social media channels of the Vienna City Marathon and Sportordination.
- Participation in the VCM Training Runs is at your own risk. The organiser and the trainers accept no liability for accidents or damage.
