Another great video. Found your channel last year at the perfect time. Had a disappointing autum marathon and had planned to do a spring marathon when after watching your videos and then reading your book I realised that was not a good idea as the result would be the same. Relatively newer runner (2020), had never done a proper base phase of training, kept getting injured and time goals were it. So fast forward to today. Just finishing my 30 week base training. Support training starts on Monday for my October marathon. Running my easy runs finally easy. Mileage building up nicely with no injuries. Never did a stride before but now doing 30 or so a week. Feel stronger and for my current easy pace my heart rate is 9-10 beats less per min than it was 30 weeks ago. Have improved my diet and lost 4kg and that all important time goal is out the window which has taken all the pressure off. My A goal is to enjoy it and my B goal is to smile more. So thank you for giving me the building blocks to finally approach a marathon with enjoyment rather than trepidation. And not sure if I heard this on your channel or not but my thought for this training is "Be good to your future self".
I, on the other hand have been chasing the sub 3 since 2019 and have “Failed”. But, within those “Failures” have achieved massive success… I did 2 sub 19 minute 5k’s… Sub 39 in the 10k, Sub 1:25 for the half and 3 Back to Back Boston Qualifiers in a 6 week period. 3:04:12, 3:03:26, 3:03:50… Ran Boston for the first time this year. I am happy with the journey and know that the sub 3 will happen this year!
I wouldn’t even call those attempts failures. They are data points telling you how close your training ‘model’ is to attaining a sub 3. Keep going my dude!
My friend Dan, ran his first marathon in Eugene (2024), 2:53 was his finish time. He has been training for a sub 3 and found himself achieving faster paces than anticipated on race day.
Inspirational. What killer coaching questions you ask Andrew! A very inspirational video, and has left me asking tbose bigger questions of myself. Reflecting big time on my goals and are they to truly achieve or because i dont want the fear of not achieving. I guess this is intrinsic vs external. Brilliant stuff.
I’ve always been self motivated but have gotten to a certain point where I feel that I need a little more? No formal training or coaching so far. Boston 3:08, 3:01 twice And 3:13. 2:59 last October. I will again! Possibly Boston this spring. Thanks for the focus!
coach Andrew once mentioned that there are better alternatives than the (Hanson) method of running 6 miles at marathon pace and keep increasing it every week. What is better? Would it be better to replace that with an easy run and change the long run to have 6 miles towards the end at marathon pace ?
It’s not that something is “better” it’s about doing training in a periodized model. So doing that 6 miler early on in training isn’t very productive. 7 months before your race it would be better to get in more volume even at a slower pace. Later in training better to get more than 6 at MP. Watch my video on “there are no junk miles”
My schedule keeps increasing weekly mileage but my leg muscle are unable to keep up. If 13 miles feel hard at easy pace, should I keep repeating the 13 mile long run until it becomes easy before increasing the distance?
Any advice on how to break threw running plateau living in super humid conditions? As bigger runnner 5,9 190 I run way way better in colder less humid weather. I live in myrtle beach sc aka humidity paradise and every time myrtle beach marathon day comes it’s always 60-70 with 90-95 percent humidity . And my body always breakdown after mile 18 even going out first half slower. I have not ran a cold full marathon since 2017… last 6 races I’ve done at myrtle beach have all been super humid even in winter and now I think it’s in my head, I’m just not good in racing high humidity. Any way around it? Or am I gonna have pay more money and find colder marathon ? I haven’t ran marathon pr since 2019
I hear you. I have a runner in Charleston who has the same situation. Super hot in the summer. He’s 53 and putting down 100 mpw though. He does palmar cooling, runs early, and does occasional workouts on the treadmill. But to be honest the biggest way to cool yourself better is with body composition. You’ll run way faster, in part due to superior ability to cool yourself. Otherwise just do what you can. Perhaps just train through the summer and pick a race in the cooler season. Myrtle beach marathon is almost always hot. Good luck and have fun! 🤩
Oh ok thank you run elite yea it can be frustrating sometimes because last 6 races I’ve done at beach have been warm humid . I was gonna ask you about that I lift weights squats bench press lat pull downs back work . Do you think the heavy bench pressing 5 sets 5 might be slowing me down increasing my heart rate , ? I heard upper body mass can slow runners down I dunno what do u think? You think heavy bench pressing can interfere with your oxygen running long distance ?
“If you could have you would have” mm not so sure about this? My aim is to run a 2:30 marathon.. so I’m 40 and been running 4 years.. it takes time to build up consistent blocks.. I can’t just run a 2:30 marathon..?
@@therunningtattooartist5172means you can't with your current training, lifestyle and mentality choices/situations. He was pretty clear about that. Mb rewatch the first half hour
