If you train “by feel,” you improve by accident. If you train using heart rate zones, you improve with intention. In this guide you’ll learn: What heart rate zones really are How to calculate yours correctly How to use them for half and marathon training Why most runners get them completely wrong What Are Heart … Leggi tutto
And Why Feeling “Good” Can Be Misleading The long run is often treated as the most honest workout in marathon training.If you can run long, you must be ready. If the distance is covered without crisis, the preparation is working. This belief is comforting.And incomplete. The long run rarely lies outright.It simply answers a different … Leggi tutto
And Why That’s Not a Contradiction Zone 2 training works.It builds aerobic capacity, improves efficiency, and allows runners to accumulate volume without constantly flirting with injury. For most endurance athletes, it is the foundation that makes everything else possible. The problem is not Zone 2 itself.The problem is what happens when Zone 2 becomes the … Leggi tutto
It Was Already Slipping Much Earlier Most marathon failures are described as late events.“Everything was fine until the last few kilometers.”“The wall came out of nowhere.”“I just ran out of energy.” But marathons rarely fall apart suddenly.They unravel. And they almost always start unraveling long before the point where it becomes visible. The final kilometers … Leggi tutto
There is a point in many runners’ lives when training stops being a discovery and slowly turns into confirmation. Not because they have arrived somewhere, but because they have learned how to stay where they are. The weeks look solid, the sessions make sense, the body responds. Nothing is obviously wrong. And precisely for that … Leggi tutto