Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P talks macro level nutrition and the reasoning behind fueling your training sessions. – Fuel workouts so you can fuel your race. – Fuel workouts so no bad workouts. – Fuel so no binge eating. Coach Patrick also covers: – […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P discusses the concept of Negative Splitting, including: – A definition of negative splitting. – Long run negative split vs other types of runs. – Finishing strong as a habit – Psychological benefits of Negative Splitting in training and racing […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P covers how to best manage your winter running given the changing weather — you need to be consistent and effective, but how can you stay true given all of the constraints? – Know Your Workout Goal – Review the […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P gets all sentimental and talks about the effect of running on his life. If you really love running…tell someone about it. Share a picture, write a note, recruit a new running partner. If you love it, set it free! […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P interviews Adam Heaney from Stryd (www.stryd.com ) about their Run Power Meter and how it’s changing the game of running. We work from intro to details pretty quickly (when Adam starts talking!) and there’s a great deal to learn. The full podcast is […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. Subscribe here: This week Coach P breaks down the Taper. Most of us don’t think of the taper until we are tapering…couldn’t be a worse time! Here’s what you want to focus on for Taper goals: Rest Sharpening Strategizing Tune in and Coach […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P talks treadmills and running success. Most runners have a love / hate relationship with the treadmill…but done right you could really be successful and emerge from the winter fitter than ever before. Tune in to find out how! Subscribe […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P covers the Reverse Taper. Training for a marathon is one thing, what coming from it properly is another. Do it wrong and you risk injury and season-long fatigue. Do it right and you could be well on your way […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. COPY FROM TRELLO Subscribe here: Listen to it on iTunes. Listen to it on Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.” Thanks for listening to this Marathon Nation podcast. Marathon Nation is the home […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach Patrick outlines the Three Act Play approach to capturing your season of running. You can’t get better as a runner if you don’t capture how you are doing. Use this simple framework to help craft the narrative of your year…and […]
Join Coach Patrick from Marathon Nation (www.marathonnation.us) for another weekly running podcast. This week Coach P breaks down how to get back to running after some time off. He covers Introverted vs Extroverted Runners…and outlines the basic plan that everyone should follow when getting back up to speed with their running (or just starting out)! Subscribe […]
In our last post on Beating the Injury Mindset I mentioned several running alternatives. Foremost among them is the elliptical machine. In this article, I’ll outline the pros and cons of using the elliptical. I will also provide a few sample workouts. Elliptical machines are in almost any gym, anywhere. You have definitely seen it before. It has […]
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The Virtual 5k is on! Please register online and run virtually with me, this Sunday, to raise money for Aussie Flood relief. This event is being organized by Kate Major, a professional triathlete, and several of her peers. Even if you can’t make the real-world event, you CAN play along online.
While we all run at different paces and in different places, many of us share a common goal — to get faster. It might be faster than your buddy, or faster in your next race, or even faster than yesterday…but the minute you hit “stop” on your watch it’s running human nature to start doing […]
There is no such thing as being 100% ready for a marathon. While we can strive for perfection in terms of training and scheduling and recovery, the reality is that many of us simply fall short of the perfect-little-world that’s outlined in the training plan taped to our fridge. This is partly due to extenuating […]
