I looked back at my training from a couple of years ago and was really struck on how my running had no apparent focus. I then realised there were no races at the time due to COVID. So I would say book in a few races for different distances throughout the year and tailor the training accordingly.
Thank you as always Andy for helping to make us better runners, and enjoy running more and more. You really are quite an inspiration and are greatly appreciated
Another Great video FOD MAN! I am in week 2/20 for my marathon build for sub 3 and I took some of your workouts and added them to my plan. I have been running for 18 months now and have just started to see the benefits of the tacking of training plans! Huge boost in the way my body feels and the speed I am able to have
Thanks Andy for a very nice video again. You brought up very good points. I found and still find it so (and too) easy to train without the necessary variety in different training sessions/blocks. You're an inspirations for many of us.
It's definitely a build up to run longer and it took a while for me. It needs to be part of a base building block and the focus really needs to be about developing endurance. I am entering that period now as I take my overall mileage up a notch -- flirting with a full marathon this fall. I am still throwing in your 10K workouts - I absolutely loved Coach Will and your series on this. For me, "easy" is a little relative and encompasses effort and heart rate. In studying my mileage for a given week, I would argue that the truly intense stuff (races, actual speedwork efforts) is about 20 - 25% of my mileage. There are times when I am clearly in Zone 3, the effort is "medium" and I am never sure how to count it. Also, doing a long run breaks the 80/20 rule as well -- running 15 miles is never easy, even at an easy pace. All good advice Andy and I enjoy your content.
For me the fueling is key to run faster for longer without getting tired. After around 1 hour 20 at moderate pace or even faster when I go faster, my pace will drop a lot without taking in any fuel. It used to be after 1 hour, but after a lot of zone 2 and 3 training at moderate and steady pace it is now 1 hour 20, but I think that is the max. But point 6 you mentioned is also key, I hit all the paces and zones in my training and it helps a lot and keeps it fun.
When would you work in zone 3? Is that what some people consider ‘moderate’ pace? I’ve been lead to believe from a lot of UA-cam sources that zone 3 should be avoided & that miles ran in that zone are ‘junk miles’
@@TheFODRunner ok thanks mate - would love to be able to run as fast as you in that HR zone 😂 gonna try run a sub 3 early next year so need to try & train to get that 4:15/km-ish into that kind of heartrate area.
Good afternoon. Thanks Andy for this information. Here is my like. Have a nice monday. 🌞🏃🌞
I looked back at my training from a couple of years ago and was really struck on how my running had no apparent focus. I then realised there were no races at the time due to COVID. So I would say book in a few races for different distances throughout the year and tailor the training accordingly.
Yes, get those races in to have a focus
Thank you as always Andy for helping to make us better runners, and enjoy running more and more. You really are quite an inspiration and are greatly appreciated
Thank you!
Another Great video FOD MAN! I am in week 2/20 for my marathon build for sub 3 and I took some of your workouts and added them to my plan. I have been running for 18 months now and have just started to see the benefits of the tacking of training plans! Huge boost in the way my body feels and the speed I am able to have
Oh awesome, that sounds great! Best of luck with your training block!
Thanks Andy for a very nice video again. You brought up very good points. I found and still find it so (and too) easy to train without the necessary variety in different training sessions/blocks. You're an inspirations for many of us.
Great tips thanks Andy! And congratulations on your recent marathon PB 🎉
Thank you!
It's definitely a build up to run longer and it took a while for me. It needs to be part of a base building block and the focus really needs to be about developing endurance. I am entering that period now as I take my overall mileage up a notch -- flirting with a full marathon this fall. I am still throwing in your 10K workouts - I absolutely loved Coach Will and your series on this.
For me, "easy" is a little relative and encompasses effort and heart rate. In studying my mileage for a given week, I would argue that the truly intense stuff (races, actual speedwork efforts) is about 20 - 25% of my mileage. There are times when I am clearly in Zone 3, the effort is "medium" and I am never sure how to count it. Also, doing a long run breaks the 80/20 rule as well -- running 15 miles is never easy, even at an easy pace.
All good advice Andy and I enjoy your content.
Great to hear Eddie, hope the build up to your marathon goes well and I’m glad the 10k workouts are useful!
For me the fueling is key to run faster for longer without getting tired.
After around 1 hour 20 at moderate pace or even faster when I go faster, my pace will drop a lot without taking in any fuel.
It used to be after 1 hour, but after a lot of zone 2 and 3 training at moderate and steady pace it is now 1 hour 20, but I think that is the max.
But point 6 you mentioned is also key, I hit all the paces and zones in my training and it helps a lot and keeps it fun.
Awesome addition to the points. 👍 fuelling is very important!
When would you work in zone 3? Is that what some people consider ‘moderate’ pace? I’ve been lead to believe from a lot of UA-cam sources that zone 3 should be avoided & that miles ran in that zone are ‘junk miles’
Zone 2 is moderate for me, zone 3 is where a lot of my marathon effort is done so when I do marathon effort, it’s top end zone 3/bottom end zone 4
@@TheFODRunner ok thanks mate - would love to be able to run as fast as you in that HR zone 😂 gonna try run a sub 3 early next year so need to try & train to get that 4:15/km-ish into that kind of heartrate area.