This episode is a special edition podcast featuring a full break down of the the 2024 USA Olympic Marathons Trials with Sweat Elite Coaching Academy's Max Frankel. Learn more about training with Max: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/max-frankel Learn more about the Sweat Elite Training Camp happening in Boulder, Colorado in May with Max: https://www.sweatelite.co/bouldertrainingcamp/ Max Frankel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m.franks2/

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Welcome back to In My Opinion - a podcast series by Sweat Elite Founder Matt Fox. In this episode the topics discussed are:

• A 40min section about the USA Olympic Marathon Trials and who is going to the Olympics (according to Matt) based on some inside information and Strava analysis.
• Some advice to coaches - from one of the best coaches in the USA about the importance of getting to know the athlete (and how un-important the actual training plan can be if you don’t know the athlete well).
• London Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/london-marathon-2024-squad
• Boston Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/boston-marathon-2024-squad
• The 7th Sweat Elite Training Camp taking place in Boulder in May and what it entails
• Link to training camp: https://www.sweatelite.co/bouldertrainingcamp/

Send Matt an email on [email protected] with any thoughts or questions.

The workouts of the week:

Any Distance Workout: 15min easy warm up. 10min @ Threshold (3min rest) 5min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 4min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 3min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 2min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 1min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest)  Easy to remember: 10min tempo, 5/1, 4/1, 3/1, 2/1, 1/1 Tempo/Harder.

Half Marathon Specific Workout: 4 x 3km (2min rest). The first one at Marathon effort. Second and third ones at Half Marathon effort. Final one @ 10km effort.

Marathon Specific Workout: 10km Progressive (easy to Marathon effort), short break, 10km of (500m @ marathon effort alternating with 500m float), 5km easy.

Join us over at: Sweat Elite Coaching Academy: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/

Welcome back to In My Opinion - a podcast series by Sweat Elite Founder Matt Fox. In this episode the topics discussed are:

• A new low cost service at the Sweat Elite Coaching Academy for those preparing for London Marathon and Boston Marathon 2024.
• London Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/london-marathon-2024-squad
• Boston Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/boston-marathon-2024-squad
• The 7th Sweat Elite Training Camp taking place in Boulder in May and what it entails
• Link to training camp: https://www.sweatelite.co/bouldertrainingcamp/
• Questions of the week including how to train on a skiiing holiday and is discussing if it's "too ambitious" to improve from 3:13 Marathon to sub 2:40.
• A pair of EUR59 shoes from Decathlon Matt thinks are pretty good for utility trainers - meaning a pair that can tick all boxes in training if required.
• A discussion with a british runner who has spent 5 months in Japan training with an elite training group and is now preparing to run 63 for a Half and 2:13-2:14 for a Marathon after arriving with 72min Half and 2:38 Marathon best times.

Send Matt an email on [email protected] with any thoughts or questions.

The workouts of the week:

Any Distance Workout: 5min, 2 x 4min, 2 x 3min, 2 x 2min, 3 x 1min with 1min rest. Start at HM effort and end at Mile effort.

Half Marathon Specific Workout: 3km, 2km, 1km, 3km, 2km, 1km at HM goal pace with 3min/2min/1min recoveries.

Marathon Specific Workout: 34km workout. 2km warm up. 5km @ marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ half marathon effort, 1km easy, 4km @ marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ half marathon effort, 1km easy, 3km @ marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ half marathon effort, 1km easy, 2km @ marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ half marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ marathon effort, 1km easy, 1km @ half marathon effort, 1km easy. 2km cool down. Easy to remember: 2k warm up/down. 5/1, 4/1, 3/1, 2/1, 1/1.

Join us over at: Sweat Elite Coaching Academy: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/

Welcome back to In My Opinion - a podcast series by Sweat Elite Founder Matt Fox. In this episode the topics discussed are:  * A chat with SECA Co-Coach Clara Evans about improving from 2:29 to 2:25 in the Marathon. * Ekiden and massive events relating to broadcasting rights * Matt's personal take on the more popular podcasts in the the running space. * Three interesting training sessions you can do if you coach yourself. * Reasons for joining a coach (not the program). * The case for HVMN Ketone-IQ, not relating specifically to running performance. Send Matt an email on [email protected] with any thoughts or questions. The workouts of the week: Any Distance Workout: 3km Threshold, 1.5km Threshold, 8 x 1min on (1min off), 8 x 30sec on (30sec off). Recovery otherwise: 2min walk. Half Marathon Specific Workout: 2*3km @ HM effort, 2*2km @ HM goal pace, 2*1k at 10km effort. Recovery: 2min jog Marathon Specific Workout: 35km with 10km warm up, 10km of 1km @ Marathon effort (1km float), 5km moderate, 6km of (1km on/1km off), 4km easy cool down. Join us over at: Sweat Elite Coaching Academy: https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/clara-evans

The Sweat Elite Coaching Academy (SECA) was born in February 2023 and has grown to assist over 100 athletes in it's first 11 months. On Friday January 12th SECA expands into Triathlon Coaching with Danish National Coach Kasper Pederson joining the team heading up the Triathlon Division. Learn more about Kasper: https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/kasper Learn more about SECA: https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/ Kasper is a young and experienced coach with nearly 10 years of experience under his belt in high performance and talent development. Prior to his coaching career Kasper chased his childhood dream of becoming a racing driver with several promising results before he found himself in triathlon at 16 years of age. Kasper raced as an elite AG athlete for a few years before he eventually signed up for his professional race in the beginning of 2020. Unfortunately back to back heart issues forced him to retire from professional racing before it really got started. 

Welcome back to In My Opinion - a podcast series by Sweat Elite Founder Matt Fox. In this episode the topics discussed are:  * The story of Sweat Elite (46:00 min mark). * Reflection on 7 weeks in Japan producing a video series around Ekiden (7:47 min mark). * Super shoe news from China where a couple of companies are about to roll out shoes under 100g. * Questions and Answers around How to Break into the Coaching Market. * Social Media and the light fraud going on these days. * The standard segments of IMO including fun workouts to do and recommended products and services. Send Matt an email on [email protected] with any thoughts or questions. The workouts of the week: Any Distance Workout: 2km, 1600m, 1200m, 800m, 4x400m with 2min rest and 1min rest between 400m's. Start at HM pace and end at 3k pace in the 400m's. Half Marathon Specific Workout: 4km/1km, 3km/1km, 2km/1km, 1km/1km with 1min rest between each rep and 3min between the sets. Each longer rep is at Half Marathon effort and the 1k's after it is "harder" Marathon Specific Workout: 30km run including 3 x 5km (1km recovery). The 3 x 5km should be at Marathon effort and the 3rd km within the 5km should be "faster" - closer to Half Marathon effort. Join us over at: https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/matt-fox

Welcome back to IMO - this is Episode 8 where Matt Fox - Founder at Sweat Elite - talks about different running topics. In this episode Matt shares insights into attempting to run 8 marathons in 2023 - some lessons learned. He also talks about racing a Marathon (DNF) with Yuki Kawauchi - the Japanese legend. We touch on how sleep impacts racing, how stress impacts racing and much more. Feel free to email me at [email protected] to say Hi or share any thoughts. Join us over at the Sweat Elite Coaching Academy - www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/

In Episode 7 of In My Opinion, Sweat Elite Founder - Matt Fox talks about running a Marathon with Yuki Kawauchi at an Asics Exhibition event tomorrow in Tokyo after a fitness test at Asics Lab in Tokyo, influencers and youtubers (again), a new Coach at the Sweat Elite Coaching Academy (SECA) - Max from Boulder, SECA's expansion into Triathlon in 2024, interesting training sessions, a new business idea around pacing and much more. 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: General Workout: 3/4/5 sets of "Broken 2k": 1600m @ threshold (45sec rest), 400m @ 3k effort Half Marathon Workout: 2/3 sets of (4 x 1km @ M pace, HM pace, 10k Pace, 5k Pace). Recovery: 1min between and 3min between sets Marathon Workout: 26km: 5km warm up, 3 sets of (3km @ M, 2km @ M, 1km @ M with 1km recovery between all), 5km cool down. Train with us! https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/

Welcome back to In My Opinion (E6) where Sweat Elite founder Matt Fox talks about all things running for about an hour. Matt answers questions, goes on rants and recommends great products and services in the running world as well as suggests interesting workouts. In this episode Matt discusses Youtubers and Influeners, Travelling Asia while prepping for another Marathon (more on that Marathon soon), talks about how a 10 week marathon build could be structered from the stand point of long runs, speaks about Joshua Cheptegei's Valencia Marathon and more. The suggested workouts: 1. Workout for any distance: 1km, 900m, 800m, 700m, 600m, 500m, 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m with 1min recovery. Start at 10km pace and get faster. 2. Half Marathon specific: 3 x 5km: First 5km @ Half Marathon goal pace + 5%, Second 5km alternaing 1km @ Half Marathon goal pace with 1km float, Third 5km @ Half Marathon goal pace. 3min recovery. 3. Marathon specific: 2 x 10km: First 10km alternating 1km just faster than Marathon goal pace with 1km just slower than Marathon goal pace. Second 10km @ Marathon goal pace. 3min or 1km jog recovery. Join us at: https://www.sweat-elite-coaching.com/

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/

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