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Marathon Handbook Podcast Marathon Handbook
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Marathon Handbook's weekly podcast covers everything you need to know about running, from wrapping your head around running your first 5K to qualifying for the Boston Marathon! Each week, our team of editors chat about what's going on in the running scene, as well as timely training tips, the hottest new gear and tech, and what's happening at the world's biggest races. We'll cover everything from the Boston Marathon to the Barkley Marathons, often podding live from the most important moments in running!Watch our video podcast each week on YouTube, and listen to it wherever you get your podcasts!For inquiries: hi@marathonhandbook.com
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Can This Routine Make You a Better Runner? And, Everything You Wanted to Know About Marathon Long Runs
On this week's episode of the Marathon Handbook Podcast, our editors Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci and Michael Doyle discuss Alex's recent video essay entitled "Can Andrew Huberman's Daily Blueprint Make Me a Better Runner?". Then, they break down everything you need to know about the long run, a weekly cornerstone workout for marathon training.Watch Alex's video essay "Can Andrew Huberman's Daily Blueprint Make Me a Better Runner?" here:https://youtu.be/j5EqZenojE8Podcast hosts: Alex Cyr, Ka...
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Why You Shouldn't Run A Marathon
Our editors Alex, Katelyn and Michael break down the newly released trailer for the upcoming Netflix docuseries Sprint, which features the top 100m and 200m track runners as they prepare for this summer's Paris Olympics.Then, they look at the bizarre partnership between the dating app Tinder and the running app Runna. Is it a disaster waiting to happen, or genius?Finally, the big topic of the day: 8 reasons why you perhaps shouldn't run a marathon, and a few reasons why you should.Podcast hos...
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Why We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) Running Influencers
In this week's episode, Alex, Katelyn and Michael discuss why it is that the Boston Marathon decided to (literally) give the unicorn on their logo a face lift. Then, they unpack the brief history of the running influencer — how it all started, some of the influential figures in the space, the pro athlete as influencer, and where this all goes from here. Finally, they break down how to approach eating pre run or race, as well as some terrible mistakes each has made in the past with food before...
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A Running Rivalry You Need to Know About, A Gel Controversy, and Beating the Heat
This week, editors Alex, Katelyn and Michael break down the Jakob Ingebrigtsen vs. Josh Kerr rivalry, which is the most hyped track beef in generations, and how it will come to a head at this summer's Paris Olympics. Then, they explain a controversy brewing in the ultra world triggered by a gel company and claims that its product is "fraudulent." Finally, they break down how to run in the heat.Hosts: Alex Cyr, Michael Doyle and Katelyn TocciAlso check out the video version of our pods on YouT...
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Marathon Training Plans: Everything You Need to Know
Editors Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci and Michael Doyle break down every aspect of how a successful marathon training plan is built, including:Ideal length of a marathon training plan Macrocycle vs mesocycles, what are they?Our favorite workoutsTraining methods (Heart rate/pace training / RPE training)Long runs: how long should they be and how many should you doHow to choose the correct training planHow to pick a coachHosts: Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci, Michael Doyle
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Running Is Coming to Netflix, A 4-Hour Marathoner at the Olympics, and Anti-Sex Beds in Paris
Our news editor Jessy Carveth joins Michael Doyle to discuss how a recreational runner duped a major news outlet (and donors on GoFundMe) into thinking she will be representing the U.S. at this summer's Olympic Games (00:00:46). Then, they debate whether or not Canadian standout Michael Roth should have been DQed for an "unsportsmanlike" gesture when he won a NCAA conference championship race (00:10:59). They also provide details for "Sprint," the Netflix's upcoming docuseries on track athlet...
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