Training science, coaching, and the 80/20 method — from Matt Fitzgerald and the 80/20 Endurance coaching team.
By Sabrina Lott If you have forgotten what it felt like to be new at something, maybe you don’t know what it feels like to be a back-of-the-pack runner, a curvy runner, or a minority runner. The fears and trepidation we experience when we show up to an event vibrate so loudly through us that…
Sabrina Lott ·
Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Growing…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * To…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Runners…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Barkley…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * My…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
A lot of runners are also writers. The most notable contemporary runner-writer, perhaps, is Haruki Murakami, the celebrated Japanese novelist. In his memoir What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Murakami explains how running and writing appeal to folks like him: “I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself,” he…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
If you’re fluent in English and you’re more than ten years old, you’ve probably used the phrase “I live for” in conversation. It expresses either intense liking or high valuation of a thing and is sometimes uttered hyperbolically (“I live for chocolate”) and other times earnestly (“I live for my children”). A glance at popular…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
As a music lover, I have paid close attention to research on the effects of music in endurance athletes since I first became aware of it, perhaps twenty years ago. So, when a new study in this vein popped up recently on PubMed, I gave it my full attention. Prior studies have focused mainly on…
Matt Fitzgerald ·
How many different kinds of run are there? Well, it depends on how you define “kind.” If by “kinds of run” we mean run formats, the answer is that there are infinite kinds. The 80/20 Endurance workout library features more than two dozen distinct formats (each with multiple variations). These include recovery runs, foundation runs,…
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