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If you’re reading this and you’ve recently achieved a marathon personal best, firstly, congratulations. You may want to push on to your next marathon at this point or not is entirely your choice, but if you’re already eyeing up your…
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Among the many items a runner might need, there likely comes a time when you’ll end up trying some energy gels. The question is do you need to? Running less than an hour, unlikely. If you’re running for an hour…
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There are countless ways in which we can improve our marathon time, from more running, better nutrition, adding strength and technique work… the list goes on. One almost constant and very easily fixed error that I’ve seen in the marathons…
Deload weeks in marathon training
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