#44 Seb Challen - My journey to becoming a Ultra-Marathon distance runner

 

Seb Challen is the owner of Optimal Sports Therapy Centre in Basingstoke and has many years experience in running including half marathons, marathons and at ultra marathon distances.

 

0.00 Intro

01.55 What attracted you to running?

04:00 Blowing apart at Reading Half-Marathon, and taking something from every run

07:35 Lessons learned for better marathon preparation

10.15 Signed up for Paris Marathon, and creating a better training plan

14:00 Don't run a marathon before running a marathon

20:23 The people who do great times, do a negative split

23:45 New York Marathon, and optimising Nutrition before and during the run

36:37 Optimal training program for best marathon times

41:49 Transitioning to Ultra-Marathons, and the mental challenge

56:12 London Marathon

01:02:45 How best to get started in running, and increasing distance

01:03:26 How to avoid injury from running

01:13.28 The wall, myth, or fact? How to break through the wall

 

 

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