It’s been about a full month now since I started running in a new pair of shoes. My Nike zooms are light and fast but I notice my feet aren’t used to them yet. They have less cushioning and with my lately adapted mid-foot/ fore-foot landing stride my feet hurt a little. I’ve never had [...]

Marathon training schedules can vary greatly depending on the runner’s personal goals, level of experienced and things like available time to spend on training runs. Most common schedules for the average recreational marathon runner consist of a long run on Sunday and a couple of easier runs during the week with a tempo run or [...]

For many marathon runners a speed training workout is among the most exhausting things to do during a week of training. So thinking through your speed training program is time well spend. There are a variety of speed training types to choose from but it is difficult or maybe time consuming to find a workout [...]

Psychological training for the marathon
As a marathoner we put in a huge amounts of miles or (kilometers depending on where you are running) every week. These hundreds or even thousands of miles are needed to be able to register your best finishing time on the clock. But there are days when the going gets tough [...]

As recreational runners turn into marathon runners, their new goal needs to be fitted with additional strength training to build a body that can run the whole 26.2 miles. As we already suggested here with the title, is that any runner considering to run a full marathon should definitely look into the area of supplemental [...]

Worked on updating the nutrition page with more useful and accurate information. Surely there is room for more information and tips about nutrition but we are working on perfecting a page on energy and energy conversion to ATP during endurance runs such as those continuing for more than an hour. The runners nutrition page now [...]