Research shows [1] that planned overreaching followed by strategic recovery can enhance performance capacity by creating a supercompensatory effect that traditional progressive training cannot achieve.
Research on over 25,000 recreational marathon runners shows that a single number, critical speed, predicted finish times with 90% accuracy and successfully identified which runners
Renato Canova has coached more athletes to sub-2:05 marathons than any other coach in history. Over 50 Olympic and World Championship medalists have trained under
Recent research suggests that LT1 can range anywhere from 45-70% of maximum heart rate among trained runners, meaning the pace you think is “easy” might
You’ve been crushing your marathon training for 16 weeks. Every long run has been conquered, every tempo session completed, and your weekly mileage has steadily
You’ve seen the lab tests before. Treadmills, blood draws every few minutes, gas masks measuring your every breath. The promise is tantalizing: precise lactate thresholds
Double threshold workouts are taking the running world by storm. This is mostly thanks to the impressive success of Olympic and World 5k champion Jakob
You hear it often – sleep is essential to your recovery from training and ultimately your running performance (not to mention your overall health). That
Are you leaving fitness on the table? If you’re not taking proper recovery measures, then YES! But, what exactly does recovery mean? To start, there
Running economy is one of the key determinants of your performance. In fact, I’d go as far as saying it’s one of the most critical
