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Training

183 articles — Long-form training pieces — periodization, tempo and threshold work, peaking and tapering, mileage progression, and recovery — written by elite coaches and runner-coaches across the magazine’s 19-year run.

Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 Stopped Worrying About The Race The author with Canadian runner Sylvie Boisvert before the start of the race. ▲ The 10-day winners and 6-day winners of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race.Courtesy… Phil Mccarthy · 8 min read Vol. 19, No. 3 · 2015 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 3) LAKE CHABOT, CALIFORNIA, October 11, 2014—The first time you taste the incredible magic of breaking the 26.2-mile barrier, you feel like a child. A frontier, previously… Devon Kelts · 12 min read Vol. 19, No. 2 · 2015 Less Than Four First, I’m old, and I don’t want to be. All my adult life I’ve been told I look younger than my years. If that’s what people… Ken Frick · 19 min read Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 Keep It Simple Ifirst spoke to Rob on the Friday before the “big” race. It was a brief encounter. He was leaving the prerace briefing and I yelled out… Bree Lambert · 8 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Worst Runturned Best One recent morning, my 6:00 a.m. speed-work session was shaping up to be one of my worst runs ever. The weather was awful, completely dark outside… Marty Williams · 5 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 Theironman Marathon By the time I got to the aid station at mile 15 of the marathon, I had to sit down. Then I had to lie down.… Jose Jimenez · 17 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 Speed Training For Marathoners Ever since Pheidippides allegedly ran into Athens, croaked “Victory is ours,” and (supposedly) died, the marathon has been viewed largely as a test of endurance. “If… Richard A. Lovett · 29 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 Morgan’s Run Bobbi Jo was racing through the streets of Fairbanks when her iCoach blasted her out of her dream and into her bedroom darkness. “Rise and shine,”… Richard A. Lovett · 18 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 2) CANYON, TEXAS, October 20, 2012—Twenty weeks of training through a hot Texas summer, the highest weekly training mileage ever, a persistent cough a month before the… Angela Turnage · 21 min read Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 Pregnancy And Beyond When I found out I was pregnant in the fall of 2009, I was coming off a promising 11th-place finish at the 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon… Kasie Enman · 15 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Running With the Girls My wife started it. I was fat, dumb, and happy running a couple of miles three or four times a week. Then one beautiful spring day… Micah Ward · 11 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Happiness Is Along Run He cruised. He ran on the wet asphalt. His hair, the color of the asphalt, swung over his eyebrows. Pete’s 6-foot-3 frame was the only traffic… Clint Cherepa · 17 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Bernard Gomersall Remembers The ‘60S Bernard Gomersall, in his day the world’s best ultrarunner, four times winner of the London-to-Brighton (1963-66), record breaker in the 1965 Comrades Marathon, is moving to… Roger Robinson · 15 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Training For The Long Haul Runners know that no important goal comes without hard work. We like hard work—thrive on it, in fact. But we can also be amazingly shortsighted. Somehow,… Richard A. Lovett · 14 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 Research At The Western States Endurance Run 2012 Existing Discontinued Figure 1. Existing and discontinued 100-mile ultramarathons in North America as of 2012.Figure 2. Trend in number of 100-mile ultramarathons in North America.Figure… Martin D. Hoffman · 3 min read Vol. 17, No. 2 · 2013 In Defense Of Low Mileage Iwas within days of lining up for the start of the Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona Marathon, and the latest issue of Marathon & Beyond arrived. Hidden… Kirk Flatow · 17 min read M&B Vol. 17, No. 1 · 2013 One Step Beyond We’re all sick of articles that purport to provide “10 Easy Steps to Run Your Fastest Marathon.” Training for a marathon takes thousands of steps, and… Ray Charbonneau · 6 min read Vol. 17, No. 1 · 2013 The Last Run Photo courtesy of Dave Simpson BY DAVID M. SIMPSON Thirty days, 30 runs, and then the last run. The last run should look something like this:… David M. Simpson · 6 min read Vol. 16, No. 6 · 2012 The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Scene one: the good It’s brutally early (4:30 a.m.) when the alarm on my watch goes off. Under normal circumstances, I would hurl it against the… Mark Plucinski · 12 min read Vol. 16, No. 6 · 2012 Don’T Stop Now Many years ago my college-town track club did a speed workout in which we ran 300-meter repeats in sets of four. For the first three in… Richard A. Lovett · 17 min read Vol. 16, No. 5 · 2012 100,000 Miles Closer To A Definition Of Mental Toughness ultra and examine running in a whole new way. The following article stems from more than just a master’s thesis; it also stems from a new… Jaeschke And Sachs · 30 min read Vol. 16, No. 4 · 2012 The Purple Runner, Part 12 The Purple Runner The race is on, and our mystery man goes directly to the front. Part 12. Chapter 34 “S hit, maybe four cups of… Paul Christman · 27 min read Vol. 16, No. 4 · 2012 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 16, No. 4) BOONSBORO, MARYLAND, November 19, 2011—Until Saturday, November 19, 2011, I had never run farther than 26.2 miles at a time. I consider myself a marathoner and… Mark Yost · 21 min read Vol. 16, No. 4 · 2012 First 100-Miler Jenny and Paul arrive at mile 31, where they see their crew for the first time.Jenny and Paul at the 100K mark, before heading back out… Jenny And Paul Marietta · 16 min read

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