Each year’s training progressively made me stronger for the next year, so I could run a faster marathon and qualify for the Boston Marathon. I increased the duration and volume of my long runs year over year. It took me six years to build my endurance for a 21-mile-long run. It didn’t happen overnight. If …
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Each of these individuals below is training for long-term marathon personal bests. They all are working outwards, running farther and faster injury-free. I tell each of my athletes to focus on the positive aspects of every single run, even when they’re not their bests. It’s essential to find the wins, the big and the small, …
When it comes to nutrition and fueling your body with the proper foods, it’s important to focus on healthier food options that are nutrient-dense. Not much beats feeling confident and strong during your marathon build-up, right?! RIGHT! It’s essential to get enough healthy fats, carbs and proteins our bodies need to have a regular menstrual …
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Do you ever feel like you’re on top of the world when you get an outside run done first in the morning? I know I do. And I’m not alone here. The scary thing is that as a female, running through Brooklyn, NY is, for the most part, safe but absolutely unsafe during certain times …
Allison Tully, Co-Founder of Peak Performance Equipment and the InfinitiLoop explains the beginning of the product. It was the summer of 2018. My running buddies and I yawned as we strapped on our daily o’dark:30 run when one of our friends threw her tangled reflective gear to the ground, shouting, “FORGET IT! I’ll run without …
Like life, running has many ups and downs. Sometimes there will be pain, and sometimes you will feel good. Sometimes you will move slowly and sometimes faster than you could imagine, but the only thing you have to do, irrespective of the circumstance, is to keep putting one foot in front of the other. That’s …
To run farther and faster, it’s essential to get in the habit of warming up properly and including dynamic stretching in your warm-up routine. Dynamic Stretching What is Dynamic Stretching? When should we perform dynamic stretches? Dynamic Stretching is simply moving multiple joints and muscles to get the body moving and the blood flowing. These …
Orcan Ogetbil went from running a 3:58 marathon (his first Brooklyn Marathon) to a 3:10 marathon (his sixth marathon this past Sunday running in the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon) in 3.5 years. Backstory What is currently your biggest challenge preventing you from achieving your goals? Above is one of the questions I asked Runwithalli®️ coached athlete Orcan Ogetbil …
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Nailing your mile pace to run a sub-4 hour marathon will guarantee a successful marathon build-up from the get-go. After running nine marathons and jumping into parts of several with the athletes I’ve coached, I continue to learn the different strategies that work for the other runners aiming for the sub-4 hour barrier. There is …
Running at faster paces is hard without structured training and proper periodization. Therefore, it is essential to build an aerobic base, whether through cross-training and running combined, or running at an easy effort for 4x/week for four weeks for starters. Depending on what you’re training for will determine how much you could be running on …
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