One week out from the Melbourne Marathon, Zacca and Matt chat about their excitement for the event and how their prep is going. Zacca discusses how he has adapted his week to reduce the volume of his training but maintain some intensity. He hits some marathon specific pacing in his Wednesday workout followed with one of his favourite fartleks, then let's loose around Albert Park with 3 x 8min, where he was joined by the Mayor of Albert Park Dave Ridley, along with Run2PB coach Dave P.

Matt takes the opportunity to clear some fatigue by taking a rest day. He gets out in some dangerous stormy weather to roll a favourite of his, 6 x 1km reps off 1min, then ticks off his last long run with a pickup 1.40hr. Zacca and Matt also chat about the all important race day kit, including their latest addition of grey Oat Socks!

Massive around the grounds with some huge results coming out of 2XU The Wellness Run. Including a couple of podium performances from Run2PB athletes and coaches and a plethora of PB's. Whilst up in Sydney there was also some amazing performances at the Sydney Harbour 10k.

Listener question this week looks at whether a warm up is necessary before a marathon. Zacca and Matt take a deep dive into the idea behind the warm up and how to adapt it for a marathon. They also discuss how to work with race week (and race day) nerves, giving some tips on how to ensure they don't affect your race!

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