Educate and Inspire. I have been racing, studying and coaching endurance sports for my entire adult life. For me, endurance training isn't an afterthought or a chore, it's a way of life. Early mornings, blisters, afternoon naps, getting excited about the latest Garmin release, that's who I am.
My start in Coaching
During my PhD, I began to get approached for my advice on endurance training principles and practices. My experience as an elite athlete and sports scientist allowed me to present information in a way that was new and eye-opening for a lot of athletes. After completing my PhD in 2018, I committed to helping endurance athletes from all walks of life train smarter and become better.
There’s significant scientific evidence that zone 1-2 is ideal for 80+% of training but most “in shape” people would be too bored to adapt to that. It takes time and discipline to switch over but is well worth it. Maffetone method is tried and true. Develops your internal engine to be able to handle higher heart rate training as well.
Awesome video, thanks mate. Keep it up! Perfect level of depth for someone wanting to learn a bit more about the why rather than just mindlessly follow a training plan. Makes it much more enjoyable for the athlete and allows me to be more intentional in my training. Will be making some tweaks to my current training plan based on advice in here.
Have you ever considered that training at zone 1 is a filler for these athletes? Because the amount of hard athletic training is limited by recovery. Does not mean the zone 1 training matters that much. Could just be slightly more optimal than complete rest.
I ran 3:00:10 seconds this fall and tried 2 more times (prob too much at once) 3:04 and 3:03. I run a 1:26 1/2 18:38 5k. The fact I ran 3:00:10 tells me it’s def doable! Thanks, great video
That chart is interesting but I'm also now confused - The divisions between zones are much different from what I've seen elsewhere. For me for instance, my watch tells me zone 3 is 130-149, while that's basically zone 2 here?
sorry but i think Seller refers to zone 1 based on a 3 zones system, if you consider 5 zones , pro runners run between high zone 1 and zone 2.. i do not think they run 80% of the time just in zone 1 (based on a 5 zones )
This is probably the best marathon training plan video out there! Great work Will! I'm running Valencia this year and this will surely help me on the way!
Great video and brilliant advice. I started zone 1 training 6 weeks ago. This was my 3 mile test before starting all running at top of zone 1: Mile 1: 11:31. Mile 2: 13:20. Mile 3: 14:55. and now after 6 weeks of training this was my new test on July 1st: Mile 1: 11:29. Mile 2: 12:28. Mile 3: 12:35. Both runs done at the same heart rate and on the same course. Really happy with the improvements so far, not much difference in the first mile but huge improvements in subsequent miles. Will do a test monthly from now on. Thank you.
Huge mistake to only consider the pace. Kipchoge runs about 200 km/week, which is why it's important to run slowly to avoid injuries. And injuries are the resut of overload, not pace only. But an amateur runner doesn't have the same volume at all. He doesn't have the same load either, and has more rest. So we absolutely cannot apply a coefficient of proportionality to evaluate the pace that an amateur runner should have. The real relevant value is the load and how it is distributed. Running too slow when the load is low is inefficient.
