Valencia Marathon Race Recap 2023

In our Spring Marathon Series of 2024, last week we chatted through the peak marathon training phase, this week we are talking about the final part; the taper. 

This makes up the important last few weeks before race day! We share our top tips to make sure you're in peak condition for your marathon. 

We also discuss the successes of the weekend including Tokyo Marathon, our sixth star finisher Sammy and how Eliud Kipchoge finished 10th, what does this mean for the Olympic year? 

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In this weeks episode of the podcast we discuss the peak phase of marathon training. This is the penultimate phase of your training plan and is where you will be hitting your biggest training weeks before heading into the final phase of taper. 

We discuss what the taper is and what it should like. What elements make up the taper and our top tips on how to successfully navigate through it. 

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In today's episode of The Running Hub podcast, we discuss our goals for the Spring which includes a half marathon. We share what race we are aiming for, our targets and how we're going to achieve them,. 

We also dig a bit deeper into what you can also do to aim for a faster half marathon this year. 

There's a few things that got brought up for discussion.
We're edging closer to the 200 mark for the podcast - should we do anything to celebrate? 
B-Skips, should we do a mini series until coach Katie can do them? 
Should coach Katie bake mini egg cookies for the parkrun meet up in Easter? 
Merch Line? Should we have our own jumpers in the future? 

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parkrun last week announced last week that they were removing competitive stats and data from their website. 

Is this an inclusivity issue or is this around the gender debate in sport which has been coming up recently? 

We invited Running Hub parkrun enthusiast Sammy onto the podcast to discuss the changes and how this impacts runners, what our thoughts are and what parkrun means to us. 

Let us know what you think?

After we recorded this episode, parkrun also released this statement - https://www.parkrun.com/blog/news/2024/02/14/an-open-letter-from-russ-jefferys-ceo-parkrun-global/

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Kelvin Kiptum, the current marathon world record holder, unfortunately passed away on Sunday 11th February in a car accident alongside his coach Gervais Hakizimana. 

Kelvin had a short but exciting career in marathon running, where he debuted with the fastest marathon debut of all time. He ran the fastest marathon in history at Chicago and was on track to being the first person to run under 2 hours for the marthon in a certified race. 

As the news broke we wanted to dedicate an episode to his legacy and show the impact he's had on the running world in such a small space of time.

RIP Kelvin and Gervais. 

In this weeks episode we catch you up on where in Thailand we currently are and our recent visit to Kuala Lumpur parkrun in Malayasia. 

We then go onto this weeks topic - easy running, which isn't always so easy to master. 

We talk about what easy running actually is, how to measure easy runs based on heart rate zones and RPE scales and the importance of the 80/20 rule in running easy. 

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At the end of 2023 we were joined by our resident physio Rudi Chaplin from The Treatment Lab. 
Rudi who is a sports rehabilitator and massage therapist is also a keen runner himself. He works with many runners within the Milton Keynes area to keep them on top of their running game and back on the road to recovery if they've picked up any niggles or injuries. 

Rudi came onto one of our communities coaches hour to discuss top recovery tips and injury prevention whilst training for running events, especially the marathon distance. Our members also got the opportunity to ask Rudi questions in relation to their training. 

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In this weeks episode of the podcast we invited Running Hub coached client Tim O'Sullivan onto the podcast to talk about his huge successes with his running journey in 2023. 

After a tough period of time, in the summer of 2023, Tim started back training again and focused on all aspects including training, strength, cross training and nutrition. 

By the end of the year he'd achieved 10k and half marathon PBs and built his confidence back up to an all time high. 

Obviously the journey wasn't easy, but we want to help inspire anyone that may be on their own journey back from injury or a plateau. 

We wish Tim all the success with his goals for 2024! 

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In today's episode of The Running Hub podcast, we discuss the benefits of group training, being part of a community and sharing our experiences of having trained as parts of groups to help elevate our training and performance. 
We also share the top 10 reasons why you should actively look to train with others or be part of a community or club which is going to encourage, support you and push you to the next level in training. 

We discuss The Running Hub Plus+, our group coaching offering within The Running Hub, which is perfect for those training for 5kms to half marathons and are wanting accountability, to be more consistent and with a plan which they can tailor to their lifestyles. 

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