STOP CHASING SPLITS: How you should actually pace a marathon!

About this episode

Dan and Owain discuss effective race planning and pacing strategies for marathons.

Dan & Owain talk through race planning. You've put in the hours and days of hard training, through the cold and wet weather... How do you convert that into a race performance that you're happy with? Pacing, watch setup, fuelling, and conditions are all considered before standing on the start line! The Physiology of Endurance Running podcast is proudly sponsored by SOAR. SOAR are the producers of the worlds best running apparel, designed to fit the needs of runners that put time and effort into the sport. Check out their awesome kit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soarrunning.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, with exclusive bonus content here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheEnduranceCollective ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can submit questions for this series or our Q and A episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/XGmxsR6dsanikRSX7⁠⁠⁠⁠

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Nash, Owain Zerilli

Topics covered

• race planning
• pacing
• marathon
• fuelling
• watch setup

Keywords

• marathon pacing
• race performance
• endurance running
• training
• fuelling strategies

Sponsors

SOAR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

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