About this episode

In this episode, Jason helps Todd Marentette break his marathon plateau and achieve a sub-4 hour time through tailored training.

Todd Marentette is the co-host of the RUNegade Podcast - and he partnered with Jason to help him with a breakthrough. For years, Todd has run almost the same time in the marathon: just over four hours. He's given Jason full control of his training and 10 months of runway to do the impossible: break his plateau, run a massive PR, and change how he thinks about training. This episode originally aired on the RUNegade Podcast ( Apple , Spotify ). We discuss: The importance of cycles and dividing time into distinct seasons Varying your training focus to achieve maximum progress Race-specific work vs. HR-based workouts How we plan to break Todd out of his stagnating marathon times The neuromuscular component of race pacing A lot more! Curious how fast you could race with Jason's help? Check out all his coaching & training programs here . Todd will be publishing frequent updates about his progress on the RUNegade Podcast. Tune in to see how this works out! Thanks Boulderthon! Boulderthon is a top 10 race in America according to USA Today and one of the best fall marathons according to Runner's World. With a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon, Boulderthon offers an amazing fall…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Fitzgerald

Guest: Todd Marentette

Topics covered

• marathon training
• breakthrough performance
• running plateau
• coaching
• race pacing

Keywords

• marathon
• training
• performance
• coaching
• running
• HR-based workouts
• race pacing

Sponsors

Boulderthon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RUNegade Podcast

Places: Boulder

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