Why Most Marathon Runners Never Get Faster
Doubt is why most marathon runners never get faster — not the training plan. A viewer challenged one of our results. Two of his points were fair, so this is the honest answer. Why the results are real...
17 Okt 25min
Why You’re Stuck at the Same Marathon Time
Same marathon time as last year? You're probably stuck because you picked your pace before training even started — the time you want, or the time you've already run. I'll show you why both numbers bre...
14 Okt 12min
Ran the Berlin Marathon? Win or Learn
Ran the Berlin Marathon on Sunday? The clock already gave you a verdict: 2:59 a win, 3:01 a fail. The best runners don't see it that way. It's win or learn, and it's always learn. The courage to line ...
9 Okt 12min
The Grey Zone Is Why You've Stopped Getting Faster
You have been running consistently for years and your marathon time has not moved. That is almost never your ceiling — it is a purpose problem. Every run has quietly become the same run: a little to...
26 Aug 14min
You're training too hard. 8 out of 10 Breaks 45 for 10K
Most runners chasing a sub-45 10K finish every interval session at ten out of ten. That is exactly why they stay stuck at 47, 49, 51 minutes. This is the eight-out-of-ten rule: nine kilometers of wor...
6 Aug 15min
Why 3 Minutes Can't Predict 3 Hours
Sub-3 marathon training is full of tests that promise to predict your finish time. The most famous of them never asks you to run for more than three minutes without stopping. Ten times 800 meters. Th...
2 Aug 9min
He Ran a 1:36 Half. Six Weeks Later: 2:57 Marathon
He ran a 1:36 half marathon. Six weeks later: a 2:57 marathon — double the distance, nearly forty seconds per mile faster. Every race calculator says that cannot happen. It predicted 3:22. Here is wh...
28 Jul 9min
He Took 21 Minutes Off His Half Marathon — No Taper
He took 21 minutes off his half marathon in one training block — no taper, tired legs. If your marathon is this autumn, you are exactly where he is: 13 weeks out. This is the method. This runner had ...
23 Jul 8min
