Marathon Training Mistakes
Alison shares her post mortem on her first marathon, revealing that her lack of consistent training and low mileage were the main reasons for her disappointment. She also discusses the importance of running enough and running slow, highlighting the common mistake of running too fast all the time.In this clip
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As a woman, if I'm training for a marathon, are the long slow running workouts bad for my fitness?
As a woman training for a marathon, are the long slow days bad for my fitness?
I have a question about this episode s2/e35 How to Take Time Off & Keep Believing in Yourself with Kim Clark (@trackclubbabe) and this Understanding Easy Pace I'm training for a marathon and I'm a beginner. On my first run, my coach told me to do a run with an average pace of 8:07/km for 50 minutes. She called it an "aerobic run" but asked me to ignore my heart rate and focus on pace. What do you suspect she is doing?