Its´ time for the Big Taper ahead of the Big Day. In this weeks´ episode we chat about:

• Reducing accumulated load
• Preserving the qualities you've developed,
• and sharpening freshness.

Listen is as we discuss how the taper is a key element of the Marathon training block and how its purpose is not to gain new fitness or to stop moving, but to reveal the fitness already built by removing fatigue.

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland

In last weeks episode we asked the question - "Does everyone need a 20-mile or 32-kilometre long run?"

To help answer the questions we discussed the following:

• No — the number itself isn't the point; the point is what the run is meant to rehearse or develop for race day.
• For some runners that distance is genuinely useful; for others, especially slower runners, it's a disproportionate muscular and time cost relative to the benefit.
• The better question than “how far” is: what is this specific long run run supposed to teach the body this week?

Tune in now to our Ep 5 Highlights Show With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In this weeks episode we ask the question - "Does everyone need a 20-mile or 32-kilometre long run?"

To help answer the questions we discuss the following:

• No — the number itself isn't the point; the point is what the run is meant to rehearse or develop for race day.
• For some runners that distance is genuinely useful; for others, especially slower runners, it's a disproportionate muscular and time cost relative to the benefit.
• The better question than “how far” is: what is this specific long run run supposed to teach the body this week?

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In last week´s episode we took a deep dive on how to find your Marathon Pace for training over the next few weeks and whether that will be the same or different on race day.

We chatted about how Marathon Pace is an output of current fitness, durability, fuelling and conditions. It is not created by choosing a finish time and our key question is: Are you training at the pace you’ve earned, or the pace you hope to run?

Enjoy the listen and enjoy the miles.

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In this week´s episode we take a deep dive on your Marathon Pace for training over the next few weeks and whether that will be the same or different on race day.

We chat about how Marathon Pace is an output of current fitness, durability, fuelling and conditions. It is not created by choosing a finish time and our key question this week is: Are you training at the pace you’ve earned, or the pace you hope to run?

Enjoy the listen and enjoy the miles.

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In last weeks Episode 3 of the Autumn Marathon podcast, our focus was on Fueling and the importance of treating fueling as a key part of our training week and not just a logistical item to work out for race day. Some of the key aspects we discussed were:

• Fuelling is trained, not planned

• The gut adapts progressively, like everything else

• Duration decides the demand, not distance

• Practise the race version, not the convenient version

• Under-fuelling shows up as a training problem before it shows up as a nutrition one.

With Coaches René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In Episode 3 of the Autumn Marathon podcast, our focus is on Fueling and the importance of treating fueling as a key part of our training week and not just a logistical item to work out for race day. Some of the key aspects we discuss are:

• Fuelling is trained, not planned

• The gut adapts progressively, like everything else

• Duration decides the demand, not distance

• Practise the race version, not the convenient version

• Under-fuelling shows up as a training problem before it shows up as a nutrition one.

With Coaches René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

In Episode 2 we discussed why effective marathon training needs to feel "easy" as well as how to grow your marathon engine through consistent aerobic work that you can repeat and absorb daily, weekly and monthly.

We also chatted about how to build the long run without wrecking the rest of the week and indeed the entire marathon build!

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland