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About

The Story Of
Marathon Handbook

We believe life is better when you run more: and we’ve been helping people do that since 2016.

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Our Focus: Your Running

Since we got started in 2016, our goal has been to assist others in their running journey.

Now we’re an established team, we wake up and work every day to help people run more.

Whether this is through our expert articles and training plans, our daily newsletter, our podcast, or our YouTube channel: we wake up and inject a little more running culture into the world, every day.

All of our running writers are certified running coaches, and many are decorated runners and ultrarunners.

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We believe that life is better when we run more.

Our Team

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Katelyn Tocci

Senior Editor

Ultrarunner and RRCA / UESCA Running Coach

Katelyn is an experienced ultra-marathoner with a passion for the trails. She trains both trail and road runners in her running club, 30 Grados Trail Running, based in Costa Rica, and virtually with runners from all over the globe.

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Amby Burfoot

Editor At Large

Boston Marathon Winner, Decorated Running Journalist

Amby Burfoot won the 1968 Boston Marathon, and has a lifetime marathon best of 2:14:29. In addition to serving as executive editor of Runnerโ€™s World Magazine for 20 years, he has written a half-dozen books, including First Ladies of Running and Run Forever.

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Jessy Carveth

Senior News Reporter

Track Runner, Pro Cyclist, Bachelor of Kinesiology with Nutrition

Jessy has been active her whole life, competing in cross-country, track running, and soccer throughout her undergrad.

She pivoted to road cycling after completing her Bachelor of Kinesiology with Nutrition from Acadia University.

Jessy is currently a professional road cyclist living and training in Spain.

Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson

Founder

UESCA Running Coach and Ultrarunner

Thomas is an ultra-runner and UESCA-certified running coach, as well as the founder of Marathon Handbook.

He likes running interesting races in weird places (he even wrote a how-to book for week-long self-supported races), and playing with his three tiny kids in his home outside of Madrid, Spainโ€ฆthough heโ€™s quick to remind everyone that heโ€™s a proud Scot.

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Michael Doyle

Editor-in-chief

Marathon Student and Expert Kipchogeologist

Michael is an investigative journalist and editor based in Toronto, Canada.

With a long career in running journalism, Michael leads up the Marathon Handbook podcast team.

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Alex Cyr

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Competive Runner and Shoe Guru

Alex is a Toronto-based journalist who writes mostly about health, sports, culture and people.

Felix Hewitt

Felix Hewitt

Special Projects Manager

UESCA Running Coach and Ultrarunner

Hailing from Brighton, UK, Felix is a lover of running, cycling, and all things active.

Felix does a lot of behind-the-scenes work on Marathon Handbook, including big projects like our training plan databases and online calculators which our audience love to check out.

When heโ€™s not exploring a remote corner of the globe on a bike-packing trip, Felix enjoys meditating, recording music, and running on trails as far as his legs will let him!

Our Gear Picks:

Daily Runner

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Brooks Ghost 16

The Review Buy Now

Best for Metrics

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Apple Watch Ultra 2

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Super Shoe

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Asics Superblast 2

The Review Buy Now

Treadmill

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Wahoo Kickr RUN

The Review Buy Now