Episodes

  • Threshold Volume

    Threshold Volume
    Jan 29 2024
    As a coach or an athlete, we look for guides as to how much work is an appropriate amount for a given athlete. I have…

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    19 mins
  • Boston Challenges Part 3: Race Day Weather

    Boston Challenges Part 3: Race Day Weather
    Oct 19 2023
    In the third part of this series, I want to discuss the race itself. In particular, the challenge of the potential weather. This comes in…

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    7 mins
  • Challenges of Boston: Winter Training

    Challenges of Boston: Winter Training
    Oct 9 2023
    In part one, we talked a little bit about timing, but more specifically how training starts at maybe the worst timing of the year- the…

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    25 mins
  • Are your fastest races your workouts?

    Are your fastest races your workouts?
    Sep 27 2023
    I read an interesting article from Steve Magness the other day, “How the need to prove yourself in practice can ruin your race day.” In…

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    28 mins
  • Cooling strategies for the marathon: Hype or Real?

    Cooling strategies for the marathon: Hype or Real?
    Aug 24 2023
    We have talked a lot about adjusting workouts due to heat and humidity for quite some length, but what about strategies to cool ourselves before…

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    17 mins
  • Best options for adjusting workouts to heat.

    Best options for adjusting workouts to heat.
    Aug 2 2023
    Alright, as summer gets ready to peak, some of you are questioning why you decided to train for a September or October marathon! Many of…

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    25 mins
  • Does marathon speed work need to be at my actual 5k-10k pace or the equivalent?

    Does marathon speed work need to be at my actual 5k-10k pace or the equivalent?
    Jul 24 2023
    You might find yourself in a situation where you plug in a goal marathon time and the training paces for speed, which represent 5k to…

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    10 mins
  • Is it overtraining or is it underfueling?

    Is it overtraining or is it underfueling?
    Jul 21 2023
    As I write this, we are in the build up for the fall marathon season. For the early October races, we are into about 6…

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    35 mins