It's episode 8 and only 6 weeks until Valencia marathon! This week we cover; The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. Karl ran three times last week! Chris going for a trip at Bushy Park Parkrun and Andrew hitting a big Sunday marathon session. Listener questions Should we autolap our watch each mile in a marathon? Every 5k? (tomcsquires)A sypnosis of a podcast on strength training following on from last week's question on the same topic.How should we structure our training week?...

It's episode 7 and only 7 weeks until Valencia marathon! This week we cover; A recap of Chris' outstanding time at Manchester half marathon. The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. Karl went for a run! Plus hear the long-winded version of how Andrew landed on NOT doing Bath half marathon the day after his first pain-free run for nearly two weeks. Listener questions How should you set and adjust marathon targets? (impactknow)Runners' guts.Tips or tricks (mikeproudfoot)Where do we...

It's episode 6 and only 8 weeks until Valencia marathon! This week we cover; A brief recap of the outstanding performances at Chicago marathon. The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. (spoiler alert. Chris is back to nearly 100 miles. Karl/s life is now all about hot yoga. Andrew's been getting dry needling treatment). Should we all be doing hot yoga? Karl shares his experience of sweating A LOT whilst doing some poses. Listener questions Which of the US majors do you fancy the...

It's episode 5 and this week it's Andrew, Chris and Karl for the first 20 minutes before Lizzie joins us for a Berlin marathon debrief. This week we cover; The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. (spoiler alert. More Zwift for Karl, Chris back up to 68 miles and Andrew has a sore hamstring) A debrief of Berlin marathon with Lizzie. Did she have a german sausage? Listener questions How to pace the marathon perfectly (taken from the Sub 3 Marathon group on Facebook)Ideal recovery...

We're back for episode 4 and this week it's Andrew, Chris and Karl. Lizzie is in Berlin running a 2.5 minute PB so should be back with us next week. Lots covered this week, including; Karl gloating about BRAT's performance at the Midland Road Relays A recap of Berlin maratuon, including Lizzie's outstanding performance. The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. (spoiler alert. Lots of good for Andrew. Karl has been on Zwift and Chris' achilles is on the mend. Training fad of the...

We're back for episode 3 and this week it's Andrew, Chris and Karl. Lots covered this week, including; Andrew's change of approach for Valencia. Forget the half marathon, it's all in for the A race. The good, bad and the ugly of our training weeks. (spoiler alert. Lots of good for Andrew. Lots of bad and ugly for Chris and Karl) Training fad of the week. Massage guns. Listener questions Is having a coach paramount to achieving our goals?Do we rotate our running shoes?Favourite gym...

We have a full house of four co-hosts this week as Lizzie joins us. Topics covered this week. An introduction from Lizzie What do we mean by sub-elite and who is this podcast for? (answers - we don't know and for everyone that wants to improve their marathon times) What's going on with Karl's running and how did he manage to break himself? Lizzie's road to Berlin and why she can't wait for a German sausage afterwards The good, bad and ugly of our training weeks including did Chris have...

Welcome to our launch episode! For our first episode it's Andrew, Karl and Chris on the mics as Lizzie couldn't make it. But don't worry, we'll have her with us next week (we hope). After a brief introduction from our guests we cover, The good, the bad and the ugly of our respective training weeks. This includes a summary of a pretty terrible effort at the Cardiff 10K from Andrew. Training fad of the week - beetroot juice? Does it work beyond giving you yellow wee? Looking ahead to the...