Running log booklet to print and fold, 8 weeks of runs in your bag

This running log booklet turns a few sheets of home printer paper into a small companion for eight weeks of training. You get 32 undated booklet pages, already laid out for saddle stitching, two to a landscape sheet. Print on both sides, fold everything in half together, add two staples, and you are ready. The download includes the PDF (19 pages) in two versions: US Letter with half letter pages, 5.5 by 8.5 inches, and A4 with A5 pages, 148 by 210 mm.

It is an instant PDF download, so no package arrives in the mail. You can start your first week today.

How the running log booklet keeps your training on track

Begin with the reason you lace up. Write one main goal, break it into smaller steps, and note where you stand today: how many runs you do each week, your weekly total, the longest run so far, your easy pace and your current 5K. Then sketch the whole eight weeks on an empty training grid that opens across two facing pages.

Each week gets its own spread. The left side records every day's effort, pace, time and distance. The right side reviews the week: the plan compared with what you did, checks for sleep, strength, stretching and cross-training, scales for mood, legs and energy, plus your wins and any small aches worth watching. Race dates, results from four races, personal records, mileage for three pairs of shoes and your favorite routes all live in the same booklet. Folded down to half letter or A5, it can sit by the door and get filled in the moment you come home.

Who will love this little training log

• Beginners working toward a first 5K who like seeing each run stack up week after week
• 10K, half marathon and marathon runners who plan on paper and want the plan right beside the log
• Runners who would rather reach for a thin paper notebook near the door than open one more app, and who want room to say how the run felt
• Anyone who likes an eight-week, undated format that can be printed again for each new training block

Design, sizes and folding details

• Calm, minimal look: white pages with soft blush pink accents that go easy on ink
• Generous margins on all pages, so a home printer will not clip anything
• Two versions. The US Letter PDF holds half letter pages (5.5 x 8.5 in), placed two to a side on 11 x 8.5 in sheets turned landscape. The A4 PDF holds A5 pages (148 x 210 mm), placed two to a side on landscape A4. The page order is set for saddle stitching, so you never need scissors
• No dates printed, so week one can be any week, in any year
• Every sheet carries pink fold marks, every booklet page is numbered, and the middle spread shows where the staples go
• Run logs start on Sunday in the US Letter file and on Monday in the A4 file
• Log in miles or kilometers, simply note which one at the top of each page

Inside the running log booklet: 19 PDF pages

1. 1Cover listing the contents, what you will find inside and how the booklet comes together
2. 2Printing help covering the PDF pages and booklet sheets, how each sheet works, double-sided settings, a tip to print a test sheet, steps for manual duplex and a box to note your own printer settings
3. 3Guide to imposition and duplex printing: a front and back map for each of the 8 sheets, a diagram of how the sheets nest inside each other, five short steps (print, stack, fold, staple, check), and advice on paper weight, checking the page order and stapling when you have no long reach stapler
4. 4 to 19The booklet itself, 32 pages printed across 8 sheets. Opening pages: a cover where you add your name and the date you begin; a start here page that explains the booklet in 7 steps, with a few gentle rules, your start date, how often you plan to run, your unit and a short health note; a goals page (your reason for running, the main goal, a deadline and how you will measure it, three smaller steps, five measures with today versus target, and possible obstacles). Planning pages: an eight-week grid over two facing pages, four weeks on each, every week with seven day boxes and a sum, a key for rest, easy, long, tempo, hills, intervals and cross-training days, plus spots for your goal race and its date, the peak week and notes on taper and race week; a race calendar with 7 lines (date, goal, distance, a circle to mark when you have entered) and a seven point checklist for race morning; shoe mileage for three pairs, each with a name, first and planned last run, ten rows to add up weekly and total distance, and a note on how they feel. Weekly spreads, eight in all: on the left a run log where each of the seven days holds the route, distance, effort, pace and time, with the week sum, longest run and notes; on the right a review with planned versus completed, a daily tick for strength, stretching, cross-training and good sleep, scales for mood, legs and energy, your wins, small aches to keep an eye on and plans for the coming week. After week four and again after week eight: a one month overview (a box per day for distance, the totals, your best moment and favorite run) and a reflection page (completed versus planned, scales for joy, sleep and energy, what worked, what blocked you, where you have grown stronger, notes on your body and the month ahead). Closing pages: a log for four races (name, date, finish time, distance, pace, placing, course and weather, what to change next time); bests and milestones with records for the mile, 5K, 10K, half and full marathon plus three blank rows, six milestones and moments you are proud of; fourteen route rows covering distance, hills, surface and notes; a free notes page; and a back page to jot ideas for the next block

Your download

Three PDFs arrive with your order:

• Folded Running Log Booklet in US Letter, 19 PDF pages
• Folded Running Log Booklet in A4, 19 PDF pages
• Read Me First, a brief guide to printing (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Before you buy

• This is a PDF made for two-sided printing and folding, not a hyperlinked digital planner. Paper, a cover and a stapler are not part of the order.
• You are buying a digital file. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Screens and printers show color a little differently, so shades may vary slightly.
• For your personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.
• This booklet is for recording your own running. It is not medical advice and not a training program. Ask your doctor before you take up a new running plan, and stop whenever something hurts.
• Printers line up the reverse side slightly differently, so try one sheet on plain paper first, then print the full booklet.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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