Running Marathon Pace In January Can Sink Your Spring Race. Here's Why.

If you’re a marathoner training for a spring race and you’re running goal marathon paced workouts in January, you’re doing it wrong.

Let’s explore a better way.

In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about race-specific workouts from the 5k to the marathon. We’ll go over:

Why the timing of race-specific workouts matters

Why and how to plan workouts that focus on overall fitness instead, and

When to narrow your focus so you peak exactly on race day

I’ll also give you some examples of my favorite race-specific workouts from the 5k to the marathon.

This is a topic that will probably bust a lot of common myths out there about race training whether you are brand-new to racing or you’re a veteran runner looking for ways to sharpen up your fitness at exactly the right time.

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Don’t forget to stay tuned all the way to the end of the episode for another Mental Strength Minute. Fortify your mind in 60 seconds or less.

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