Desperate measures to get your marathon PB
As we all know, training doesn’t always go 100% to plan, it rarely does in fact, but if you were right on the cusp of marathon PB fitness before something cropped up to distract you, what can you do in…
Weight management in marathon training
Whether you’re training for your first marathon or you’re a hardened marathoner, it’s easy to go overboard with what you eat. Here we’ll look at what can so easily happen, the impact it has and how to avoid it. …
How much to drink during a marathon and when
Knowing how much to drink and when during a marathon can be tricky. It’s easy to go overboard and the science isn’t all in agreement either. Here are some tips that might just help you out. How much fluid…
What should I do in the final week before a marathon?
Your taper for a marathon is important, but within this 2-3 week period, the final week of preparation is the most important week. Here we’ll look at what you can do to avoid harming your chances of running the best…
Keep training experimental to run faster
Over the last couple of years I’ve read and heard a number of people saying that they don’t do certain things in racing or training, generally with the caveat that “it’s not done me any harm”. This may be true,…
Carb loading tips for a marathon
All the hard work and good training in the world will only get you so far (or fast) in a marathon. Unlike the other typical race distances where you can get by with minimal food before or on the run,…
Why you can eat less meat during marathon training
I’ll preface this blog with some context. I eat meat and animal products, and it’s not my place to try and tell you what to do. It’s a personal choice what we eat. You might think that training for a…
Choosing your mid-run carbohydrate sources
When it comes to long endurance runs, especially the marathon, the decision isn’t so much “to carb or not to carb”, but rather how to go about it. Personal preference We all have certain products we naturally gravitate to,…
How to get back to speed work after a marathon
It’s not uncommon for people to return to normal training post-marathon, feeling sluggish and as though they’ve forgotten how to run faster paces. The reasons for this I’ll largely leave for another time, but how can you kickstart your post-marathon…
Why you should track your food intake to optimise training
As runner’s we often track just about every conceivable statistic in an attempt to compare our runs to previous efforts, and of course to improve. Less common though is the action of tracking what food we eat. Here’s what you’re…
