Events/TCS Amsterdam Marathon

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

Running

Date

Sun, 31 Oct 2027

Venue

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Countdown

October

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

15m

One of the flattest, fastest marathons on earth. Just 15m of climbing over 42.195km, WA Platinum Label, starting and finishing on the track inside the historic Olympic Stadium.

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The course

The route

42.195km on closed, near-flat city and riverside roads: out of the Olympic Stadium, past the Rijksmuseum, through Vondelpark, then a long exposed out-and-back along the Amstel River before the stadium-track finish. A generous six-hour cutoff.

Weather

Late-October, Olympic Stadium

13°CTypical high

8°CTypical low

1°CColdest in 20 years

49%Days with rain

Highs around 13°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 49% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the TCS Amsterdam Marathon

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What Amsterdam throws at you

Typical sessions

A dead-flat 42km where the same muscles fire the same way for the whole race. Muscular endurance is the limiter.

Holding one exact goal pace with no terrain to force variation. Pace consistency is the plan.

A long exposed Amstel out-and-back where wind can reshape the day. Run it by effort, not ego.

Fuelling for 3-plus hours on a course that feels easy until the wall hits at 30-35km.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Marathon-pace long runs of 28-35km with 15-20km locked at goal pace, held tight and fuelled exactly as on race day.

Long tempo of 40-60 minutes continuous at marathon pace to build flat-course durability.

Threshold intervals, 3-4 x 3km, so goal pace starts to feel comfortable.

A mid-week medium-long run of 14-18km easy, the quiet volume builder, plus a wind-effort drill on an exposed route.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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