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Coach Mario Fraioli on Combining Marathon and Ultra Training in One Season

Posted May 4, 2023
BY Christine

Traditional training plans focus on one distance at a time, whether it’s a fast 5k or a marathon PR. But what if your race schedule looks a little less traditional? Learn how to tackle your goals for multiple races …

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Off-Season vs. Base Building: How to Structure Time off

Posted December 16, 2022
BY Christine

As runners wrap up their training and goal races for the year, they may struggle with how to structure the off season before harder training resumes. A shift in language and how you approach this training block can make …

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Essential Ingredients In Your Running (and how to upgrade your training)

Posted March 3, 2022
BY Christine

Don’t we all want to boost our training? Instead of focusing on new fads or training hacks, getting back to basic training essentials can pay big dividends with your running!

While it’s easy to get caught up in new …

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Training Essentials for Ultrarunning with Coach Jason Koop

Posted February 17, 2022
BY Christine

With distances that can push your mind and body to places you have never experienced, ultrarunning has its own set of rules for success. This week’s podcast has one of the foremost ultrarunning coaches out there – Jason Koop …

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Planning a 5k PR: A New Behind-the-Scenes Coaching Call with Coach Chris Robinson

Posted December 9, 2021
BY Christine

Reaching a new goal requires you to build your capacity to run more miles with less effort, and then fine-tune your training to the distance of your choice. These are simple concepts, but require some planning to execute them …

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Is a 10 Day Training Cycle Right For You? The Pros and Cons of Longer Running Cycles

Posted June 10, 2021
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Almost everyone operates their life on a 7-day life cycle with work during the weekdays and personal time on the weekend. We also schedule our running on this cycle… but are longer cycles like the 10 day training cycle …

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Sprint and Speed Development for Endurance Runners with Coach Ryan Banta

Posted January 14, 2021
BY Anya Mullen

Runners know that speed is key to performance. But often, they aren’t directly targeting speed development. How can long distance runners train to get faster?

Many adaptations are necessary to develop speed. Running the same loop at the same …

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2021: The Year of Taking Action

Posted January 5, 2021
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Happy New Year and welcome to the Year of Taking Action! We’re going to create bigger goals, follow through, and actually accomplish them in 2021.

2020 is officially over. Let’s also hope that murder hornets, dysfunctional governance, and the …

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How to Think About Short, “In Between” Seasons

Posted January 4, 2021
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Most runners intuitively understand how to train for race because they’ve followed a training plan before. But what if you don’t have that much time? What are you to do with a short training cycle?

The most confusing time …

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The Ultimate Taper Episode with Author Alex Hutchinson

Posted November 29, 2020
BY Anya Mullen

You’ve logged the miles and now it’s time to race. What is the single, most effective, and nearly universal strategy to ensure you get the best performance? Tapering!

If you’ve followed a well-structured program leading up to a race, …

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