Tweet Do you want to run faster in your next race? Maybe you want to finally finish strong or run a new PR? But easier said than done. Runners always have a lot of questions about race strategy: How do I negative split a marathon? Should I run even splits or run the first few [...]
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Tweet You can imagine the hundreds of emails I get every month from crazy runners. Just recently I saw this gem and had to share: Horrible idea –> “I’m not going to fuel during the marathon and hope adrenaline will get me to the finish line.” — Jason Fitzgerald (@JasonFitz1) November 4, 2012 Sigh… But [...]
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Tweet Last weekend, I bombed the Boo! Run For Life 10k in Washington, DC. These days, it’s hard for me to put together a good race. I contemplated writing thousands of words about how it just wasn’t my day, the dozen excuses I could fall back on, or maybe why you should even care. But [...]
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Tweet Imagine that you’re in great shape. You’re really fit. So you want to tackle a marathon. You register and line up on race day… only to hit the wall at mile 20, walk a few miles, and finish much slower than you thought. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? That’s exactly what happened to Rob. After spending 25 [...]
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Tweet A few short times per year, Run Your BQ accepts new runners to join the team and transform their marathon training. Are you going to join us this time? RYBQ is now open - let me tell you about the improved and massively expanded site. We partnered with a professional developer to completely remake the community. The [...]
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Tweet Long runs! Tempo workouts! Mileage! We know these things are instrumental in running a fast marathon – but what else is important? A marathon attempt is daunting: at 26.2 miles, it challenges your body in ways that shorter races can’t even touch. Fueling becomes critical to – you can’t store enough in your body to [...]
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Tweet On September 15 at 8am, I stood on the starting line of an 8k road race in historic West Potomac Park. To my right, planes took off from Reagan National Airport and flew over the Potomac River. To my left, tourists walked to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. 16 minutes later, I was suffering. [...]
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Tweet Isn’t it odd how some runners see massive success while others flounder and never reach their potential? See, the difference between a “good” runner and someone who stagnates, running the same times over and over again without ever seeing progress is that good runners take more initiative. They take action and ownership over their training. [...]
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Tweet “Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you’re young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don’t let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.“ - John Bingham I’m on the left, rocking a sweet calf stretch. July’s training was inconsistent but overall [...]
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Tweet Is it possible to run a huge PR, avoid the infamous “marathon bonk,” and recover quickly from the race? You bet! Mark racing a half marathon before his PR Marathon I talk a lot about “small wins” – they’re the little training victories like negative splitting a long run, being more consistent, and reaching [...]
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Jason Fitzgerald is a 2:39 marathoner, USATF-certified coach, and author of 101 Simple Ways to be a Better Runner.
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