IMO E5 - Fukuoka Marathon Recap, Beef w/ Japan Running News, The Best Places In The World To Run+Holiday, 2023 Best Performances Of The Year and more

In Episode 5 of In My Opinion, Sweat Elite Founder - Matt Fox talks about the Valencia Marathon and some of the insane stats about the race highlighted in detail by Dave Lipman at Pro Running News, the Fukuoka Marathon and his 4th Marathon in 10 weeks running 2:22:20, a recent beef with Japan Running News - trying to frame Sweat Elite and Matt negatively with strange context, the 2023 Performances of the year, the best places in the world to run + holiday, a story about almost being sued by European Athletics. A huge thank you to those submitting questions and ideas for IMO. You can email [email protected] with ideas or just to say Hi. The workouts of the week: 1. 4 x 400m @ 5k pace, 4 x 1600m @ Half Marathon pace, 4 x 400m @ 5k pace. Recovery: 1min and 2min between sets. 2. 18km workout: 1k on/1k float, 2k on/2k float, 3k on/3k float, 2k on/2k float, 1k on/1k float "On's" at just quicker than Half Marathon goal pace. Floats at just slower than Half Marathon goal pace. 3. 35k workout: 5k easy, 3 x 3k @ GMP (1k steady recovery), 3 x 2k @ GMP (1k steady recovery), 3 x 1k @ GMP (1k steady recovery), 3k easy GMP: Goal marathon pace. Steady = somewhere between easy and GMP. Train with us! https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/