Master your next marathon with Olympian Dylan Wykes

About this episode

Olympian Dylan Wykes shares insights on mastering marathon training and performance.

With Spring around the corner, Canada Geese aren’t the only animals reappearing along the park paths and greenspaces of Canadian cities. They’re joined by another species emerging to embrace warmer weather and sunnier days ahead: the spring road racer. Whether you’ve been counting down the days while slogging out the miles on the treadmill, or find yourself doing a double take at your calendar and wondering where the time went since you signed up for that spring marathon, racing season is here and the time is now to put in the work that will get you across the finish line at your best. This week on The Shakeout Podcast we welcome Olympian and 2:10 marathoner Dylan Wykes to the show. Dylan spent years as one of Canada’s top marathoners before turning his attention to helping all athletes get the most out of their running experience as a coach and founder of Mile2Marathon. Nowadays, he's passionate about guiding athletes to breakthrough performances at every distance, age group, and experience level. Dylan lends his expertise as both athlete and coach to help you focus your training, avoid the mistakes that can derail a build, and ultimately make the most out of your marathon…

People in this episode

Host: David Stol

Guest: Dylan Wykes

Topics covered

• marathon training
• running coaching
• spring racing
• athlete performance
• marathon preparation

Keywords

• marathon
• training
• Dylan Wykes
• running
• coaching
• spring racing
• athlete performance

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mile2Marathon

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