We help runners blast through their PRs in the marathon, half marathon, 50 mile… WHILE enriching their personal lives, and avoiding injury.
How? Pretty simple… by training the way elite runners ACTUALLY train!
What does this mean? Well, you don't just need a marathon training plan to stick on your fridge and follow. If you want to know how to run faster, you'll need to model the way that great runners train, and learn how to apply their principles to who you are and where you are in your running.
We'll help you learn the two things elite runners know that most runners don’t:
- How to work with your mind so it is supporting your running, because it is the #1 limiter of performance - How to STRUCTURE your training for a peak in performance, because your training structure is more important than any of the actual workouts you'll do
Plus we'll bring lots of info on gear, nutrition, training hacks and more... enjoy!
My only reason for running doubles is time. I work Monday-Thursday 14 hours/day. I tend to cycle gym, run etc until Saturday which I do a long ruck. With that being said I typically only run 5 miles for time and that brings me to a total of 10 running miles per week which isn’t enough but if I do doubles I can hit 20 plus a 10mile ruck.
Nope. Get dairy out. If you want more protein just eat more. Or add in greens or beans which are the highest protein foods by calorie. The dairy from the yogurt also binds with the polyphenols and reduces the nutrition you’re getting from the smoothie. Go with plant yogurt or better yet just add in greens and more fruit
I'm no Olympic athlete but there's no way in hell my 60 yr. old self could kick my 30 yr. old self's butt. I could train harder, recover faster and had more drive. Even if I had the drive of my younger self, it's just not physically possible for me to put in the kind of hours and intensity that I once did without serious risk of injury.
If you say so. This is not factual though. I have a whole video on age isn’t the limiter of performance we used to think that explains it. The mind is the ultimate limiter of performance, and if you don’t believe that it’s possible and therefore don’t even try, you don’t send a chance. But the biggest culprit is likely diet. We get old, slow, overweight, and hurt because of the accumulation of decades of poor eating. If you clean up your diet in a very meaningful way you can run very well in to your later years
Haha. I can make some. Last one I did was on a RU-vid short and it invites all sorts of crazy people in the chat who don’t believe I eat what I eat. But yes
I ran a half marathon yesterday having watched a lot of your videos recently and putting in place some of your recommendations. Easy running/ strides/ goals and mindset. I decided to leave the watch at home and ran on feel, regularly checking in with how I felt pace wise. Also I walked the water stations for about 25 seconds each. It was a hot day (here in Ireland) having trained in mostly cooler weather the past 4 months. I finished about as quickly as I could and was delighted with the time. Most races for me have been stressful, overthinking, watching heart rate and pace, pushing and suffering. This was without doubt my most enjoyable running experience in over 20 years running. I’m so happy to have a new stress free running approach which will keep injuries at bay and enjoyment and longevity in the sport now a much greater possibility. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
my running hadn't improved in years until I started doing 4x3 or 4x4 once or twice a week, through the winter I did a lot of hr, z2 training which I believe was useless due to my volume being too low. 5 weeks in and my vo2 max has improved and i'm running times I haven't done for nearly 10 years, I find it tough, but I can motivate myself easier than doing a 5k, even though I do over a 5k when I do 4x4, I also find recovery no problem now, I think that's just improvement in general fitness,
I have just started to teach myself how to sprint - I do a lot of calisthenics but was disappointed to find out my 40 yard dash was 5.90.. Been watching a lot of videos on technique but noone explains WHY it's important to not bend over at the hips and why it is important to have high knees and to "punch" the ground.. This video finally quenched my thirst for understanding. Thank you!
This is totally true. My 57 year old self is running circles around my 30 year old self. This is due to diet, no alcohol, smart training (not just going out and running with no plan), consistency, dedication, twice the volume, recovery, rest, and sleep. I'm getting lifetime PRs at 57.
I Don’t think it’s ever the case that we should have an emotion based inclination to training; calculas for example is not a life skill, if you based your emotions on mastering, it would probably go to Shiite. However a lesser inclination that we do share is to be submissive; everyone wants to be in charge, everyone wants to be”want” and not need. I PERFORM because my life depends on it; there’s a written word that says, if a man has all he wants but doesn’t have the faculty to enjoy-it, what does he truly have? So, I submit myself to a Discipline, whether I like it or not. I demand a real expectation, and not one that is solely to confirm my biases of failure; I can’t get mad at myself if I don’t succeed because trying is Always the 100 percent, while not trying at all, or confirming our biases of “I can’t” is unacceptable. No man in water 💧 ever said never, I didn’t try cause I CAN’T SWIM!! 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
You don’t perform better if your life depends on it. You perform better if your life depends on it and you have any emotional reason to live. The key is that there’s any motion which drives you. I agree that if a man has all that he wants, but not the faculty to enjoy it, he doesn’t in fact, have all that he wants. And the thing that he wants is the enjoyment. Once again enjoyment is an emotion.
I've incorporated a 4x4 session once a week alongside my Z2 and weekly short hill sprints. I've noticed however that my VO2 goes down a point every time. It also does after races. Why is this? Globally my V02 has been stable over the last few years. Im using Garmin watch.
is 40-45 mpw too much for someone moving into 9th grade? is a 10 mile progression too much? I usually run 30-35 miles a week very consistently and usually do 8 mile progressions at 6:40 avg
Depends on the runner. But for many runners that’s a lot at that age. Mostly because runners that age also run way too fast on easy runs. So if you want to hit that mileage it should be slooooowwww for most of it
Glutes extend the hip which is in alignment with a vertical jump. Hamstrings are more relevant for sprinters than distance runners because of the large range of motion and actively decelerating the leg during the front of the swing phase. For distance runners hamstring issues are rare unless they’re overstriding
I think of these things in video game terms. But unfortunately it kinda goes against your approach. Just throwing it in here as a perspective. I effectively flip the standard priority and have: main objective - finish sub 3:30, bonus objectives - beat my PR (3:25), get negative spilt, don't bonk. In a way my non-negotiable is probably the easiest thing. It means I've a higher chance of perceived success at the end. But I grant it gives me a get-out from striving for tougher objectives/goals
@@runelitecoach threshold running is the back bone of getting to where you wanna be .max work outs shouldnt be attempted unless your lt1 and lt2 works decent, running fast is all well and good but you need a proper trained engine to sustain it
Kiptum’s death seems suspicious - a group of men asking his Dad of his whereabouts days before his death, but unwilling to say who they were. Kiptum and his coach also believed to have been persued by a group of men at speed before losing control of his car. Even his Dad wanted a full enquiry into his death. Very tragic death of an immensely talented young man destined to be the first to go sub 2 hours in an official marathon. RIP Kelvin Kiptum.
Do you have any tips for people who are fit not fat and are looking to optimize their weight for racing? Think "How to trim down the last 10lbs? Also how do you know when you are at your ideal weight?
You’re at your ideal weight when your diet is supremely healthy and you’re eating as much as you need to sustain yourself, then you will be at your ideal weight. With the presence of junkie foods, processed foods, high fat, high salt, stimulating foods you’re likely not at your ideal weight. If you wanna lose 10 pounds, then it’s a diary shift. It’s hard to be overweight, eating a raw diet. Every animal on the planet, except for humans eat a raw diet. The only exception are pets where we make the food for them. And you don’t find obese animals in nature. It doesn’t exist, unless somehow they found how to eat human food or cooked food the humans made.
Loved this entire episode from start to finish! So many things resonated with me. Also, looking forward to meeting you at the Monster! (I’ll be in the 24 hour)
