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 workouts
• Training methods (Heart rate/pace training / RPE training)
• Long runs: how long should they be and how many should you do
• How to choose the correct training plan
• How to pick a coach

Hosts: Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci, Michael Doyle

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 athletes, and talk about if it will propel athletics as "Drive To Survive" did Formula One (00:21:11). And finally, they get into the Paris Games' "anti-sex bed" fiasco (00:38:15).

Hosts: Jessy Carveth, Michael Doyle

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Marathon Handbook was founded in 2016, with the mission from day one of helping you to run far, set goals and meet them. We provide free and super popular coach-vetted training plans for just about every distance and ability level, from your first 5K to a sub-3 hour marathon, to a 100-miler training plan. We've got you covered. We also follow the latest news and storylines in the running world, and review all the best shoes, running watches and gear on our site and our Youtube channel.

At our heart, we are runners and athletes ourselves – every person on our team is a running coach, distance runner, or certified health and fitness trainer.

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Marathon Handbook editors Alex Cyr, Michael Doyle and Katelyn Tocci gather together for their weekly group chat.  Katelyn just ran a marathon in New Hampshire, where there was snow at the start line and she ran down a big ol’ mountain (01:32). 

It was her first in many years, so we thought it would be a great opportunity to unpack how each of us recovers when the goal race is done (23:19), and also how we get up off the mat, and refocus and the importance of goal setting. 

We share with you each of our own big goals for the rest of the year and beyond (39:07). 

And then, Alex, our Lord of the Shoes, explains this golden era in “super trainers,” the Frankenstein category between a super shoe and an everyday trainer, with recent releases from the likes of Hoka and On Running (56:27). 

Alex shares his thoughts on whether or not these shoes are the Goldilocks for workouts and long runs, if they are worth the pretty high cost of adding them to the roster, or if they are just marketing hype.

Hosts: Alex Cyr, Michael Doyle, Katelyn Tocci

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Marathon Handbook was founded in 2016, with the mission from day one of helping you to run far, set goals and meet them. We provide free and super popular coach-vetted training plans for just about every distance and ability level, from your first 5K to a sub-3 hour marathon, to a 100-miler training plan. We've got you covered. We also follow the latest news and storylines in the running world, and review all the best shoes, running watches and gear on our site and our Youtube channel.

At our heart, we are runners and athletes ourselves – every person on our team is a running coach, distance runner, or certified health and fitness trainer.

#marathon #marathonrunning #londonmarathon #bostonmarathon  #running #runningmotivation #newyorkcitymarathon #nycmarathon #bostonmarathon #Olympics #olympicmarathon #nike #hoka #onrunning

Senior news editor Jessy Carveth joins Michael Doyle to talk about a wild week in the running scene. They unpack a controversial disqualification at a California Marathon (04:17), a UK man who's run 1,000 marathons over a 43 year stretch (14:47), Olympic marathon qualification ridiculousness (22:53), Nike's alleged manipulation of the Kenyan squad for the Paris Games (35:56), and... zombies (51:05).

Hosts: Jessy Carveth, Michael Doyle

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Marathon Handbook was founded in 2016, with the mission from day one of helping you to run far, set goals and meet them. We provide free and super popular coach-vetted training plans for just about every distance and ability level, from your first 5K to a sub-3 hour marathon, to a 100-miler training plan. We've got you covered. We also follow the latest news and storylines in the running world, and review all the best shoes, running watches and gear on our site and our Youtube channel.

At our heart, we are runners and athletes ourselves – every person on our team is a running coach, distance runner, or certified health and fitness trainer.

#marathon #marathonrunning #londonmarathon #bostonmarathon  #running #runningmotivation #eliudkipchoge #newyorkcitymarathon #nycmarathon #bostonmarathon #Olympics #olympicmarathon #nike

Editors Katelyn Tocci and Michael Doyle chat about what it's like to cover Boston, then turn around and go to London for the marathon six days later (00:20), former NHLer and giant man Zdeno Chara's insane back-to-back marathon performances (04:44). Then we dig into what the heck is going on with this Parkrun controversy (08:05), whether or not race results should be in the public domain (27:41), and who owns your NIL in a race? (33:27). 

Then we discuss the crazy 2025 London Marathon Lottery, which nearly hit 1 million entrants (34:15), how to get into London if you don't get selected (39:00), and what the wild popularity of the Marathon Majors means for the running industry overall (45:05). 

Finally, Katelyn takes us through her pre-marathon race week prep (53:12), which serves as a guide book for a marathoner!

Host: Michael Doyle
Co-host: Katelyn Tossi

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This this episode Marathon Handbook's Alex Cyr and Michael Doyle are live in Boston to cover the 2024 Boston Marathon immediately after the race. 

We break down what it's like to run the Boston Marathon, all the gear and neat brand action on the ground throughout marathon weekend, as well as an analysis of both the women's and men's elite races.

In this Born To Run 2 interview, we talk to author, journalist and runner extraordinaire,  Chris McDougall, and ultrarunner and coach champion, Eric Orton. In this follow-up to the bestseller Born To Run, McDougall and Orton share their practical "how to" guide to running - from drills to speed to shoes to nutrition. 

We talk about the original book, it's inception and ultimate impact, the state of the barefoot shoe market today, the new book, their collab with  @xeroshoes  , and plenty more!