How to include Parkrun in marathon training
Over the years, I’ve coached many runners during marathon training who still want to include Parkrun in their weekly schedule. The question is, how can you include a 3 mile run in marathon training with the least amount of wasted…
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. …
Stepping up from long runs to marathon day
During marathon training the long runs are almost certainly the hardest part of your training week, and they can leave you with the question of whether you can step up the pace on race day. Here we’ll explore what makes…
What’s the furthest you should run in marathon training?
Long runs are an inevitable part of marathon training, and even plans that have “shorter” long runs still include them. But that raises the question, how far should your longest run be before your marathon? 20 miles or 3…
Deload weeks in marathon training
Within a 12-16 week marathon training block there are many options you have in order to ensure you get to the start line in peak condition and without injury. Deload weeks are a great example of one such choice. …
How should I plan running routes?
Whether you’re in your marathon specific block of training or you’re focused on increasing speed for longer term marathon success, good route planning can be a useful tool in reaching PBs. Route planning tools Google maps is of course a…
How to pace your marathon
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…
Daily nutrition for optimal running
Optimal is always an interesting word when used in the context of health and fitness, and all the time we’re learning more about the human body and how to make it work better for various purposes. Let’s look at some…
Running on holiday
Running on holiday is one of my favourite things to do. I’m not great at exploring because honestly, I get pretty anxious in new places out on my own, but with good planning you can still get out there. Don’t…