Don’t Trust Your Treadmill
· Matt Fitzgerald
Running
Most runners train too hard on easy days and too easy on hard days. These articles are about fixing that, from what your easy pace should really feel like to how to build for a marathon or a first ultra, why the treadmill lies, and how to set a race goal you can actually hit. Everything here connects to the 80/20 run plans, which do the scheduling for you.
Articles
You Decided on Running Your First Ultra, Now What?
· JW McKenna
HYROX Run Training: The 80/20 Way
· Jim Vance
The Fastest Mile Ever Run by a Woman and Why It Matters
· Steph Christensen
3 Things That Work, But Not the Way Most Runners Think
· Matt Fitzgerald
A High-Mileage Manifesto
· Matt Fitzgerald
A Novel Approach to “Training Through” Running Injuries
· Matt Fitzgerald
Letters to the Coaches: Alignment of Power Zones and 80/20 Heart Rate
· Matt Fitzgerald
All-New 2021 Edition Run Plans Now Available
· Matt Fitzgerald
Are You Uncoachable?
· Matt Fitzgerald
At What Point Do Long Runs Transition from Training to Punishment?
· Matt Fitzgerald
Book Review: Inside a Marathon
· Matt Fitzgerald
Book Review: Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes
· Matt Fitzgerald
Book Review: The Science of the Marathon
· Matt Fitzgerald
Coaching the Exception
· Matt Fitzgerald
To What Extent Is It Possible to Cram for a Marathon?
· Matt Fitzgerald
Letters to the Coaches: Creating a Level 4 Plan
· Matt Fitzgerald
Creative Goal Setting
· Matt Fitzgerald
Disordered Eating Will NOT Make You a Better Runner!
· Matt Fitzgerald
Do It Because You Suck at It: Training and Racing with a Mastery Mindset
· Matt Fitzgerald
“The Price Is Right” Analogy of Marathon Pacing
· Matt Fitzgerald
Free Sample Chapter of Matt Fitzgerald’s New Book Running the Dream
· Matt Fitzgerald
5 Easy Steps for Starting Over with Running
· Matt Fitzgerald
How Conservative Pacing Can also Be Aggressive Pacing
· Matt Fitzgerald
How Intermittent Fasting Can Make You Leaner, Less Fit, and Slower
· Matt Fitzgerald
How to Avoid the Moderate-Intensity Rut as a Trail Runner
· Matt Fitzgerald
How to Build Self-Trust As an Athlete (and Why It’s Important)
· Matt Fitzgerald
How to Pace the Boston Marathon
· Matt Fitzgerald
How to Set a Good Race Time Goal – A Breakthrough Strategy
· Matt Fitzgerald
I Ran Today. Pray for Me.
· Matt Fitzgerald
Is Lactate Measurement Essential for Endurance Training Optimization?
· Matt Fitzgerald
Is “Peaking” Even Real? Or Necessary?
· Matt Fitzgerald
Is Periodization Overrated?
· Matt Fitzgerald
It’s Like Leaping a Ditch: Pacing Demystified
· Matt Fitzgerald
Join Eliud Kipchoge and Me in Running a “Kamikaze Marathon” This Fall
· Matt Fitzgerald
Macro Pacing: What It Is and Why It Matters
· Matt Fitzgerald
May the Smartest Runner Win
· Matt Fitzgerald
Meet Me in Flagstaff
· Matt Fitzgerald
My Take on the Carbon-Plated Running Shoe Controversy
· Matt Fitzgerald
New Study Shows How to Taper Better for Your Next Marathon
· Matt Fitzgerald
New Study Strikes Fatal Blow to 80/20 Training Philosophy
· Matt Fitzgerald
New Workout: Billat’s Analog Windup
· Matt Fitzgerald
Now Is the Time for All Runners to Channel Their Inner Kenyan
· Matt Fitzgerald
Off-Season Training for 80/20 Athletes
· Matt Fitzgerald
On the Limits of Science as a Guide on How to Train
· Matt Fitzgerald
Please, Don’t Beat Yesterday
· Matt Fitzgerald
Letters to the Coaches: (Ironman Plan) Power vs. Heart Rate and More
· Matt Fitzgerald
Pressure Is a Double-Edge Sword
· Matt Fitzgerald
Rediscovering a Process Focus
· Matt Fitzgerald
Schooling Your Stride
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Art of the Marathon-as-Workout
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Carbohydrate Drip Approach to Race Fueling
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Difference Between Athletic Development and Getting Fitter
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Joy and Utility of Multi-Pace Workouts
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Joy of Running Angry
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Most Interesting Runner in the World
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Results of the 80/20 Endurance Pacing Challenge Are In!
· Matt Fitzgerald
The Other Pacing
· Matt Fitzgerald
Train Like a Pro in 2020!
· Matt Fitzgerald
Try the 80/20 Endurance Pacing Challenge!
· Matt Fitzgerald
Letters to the Coaches: Two-a-Days
· Matt Fitzgerald
What Is Good Running Form?
· Matt Fitzgerald
What’s the Key to Avoiding Injuries? Keep the Ball Rolling.
· Matt Fitzgerald
When Is It Helpful to Think about Running While You’re Running?
· Matt Fitzgerald
When You’re Fit, You’re Fit
· Matt Fitzgerald
Why I Never Use the Word “Impossible” with Athletes I Coach
· Matt Fitzgerald
Why I Wrote an Entire Book on Run Pacing (and Why You Should Read It!)
· Matt Fitzgerald
Why Runners Should “Listen to the Scientists”
· Matt Fitzgerald
Why the Only Running Fitness Test I Really Trust Is a 5K Race
· Matt Fitzgerald
Why Ultrarunners Should Sprint
· Matt Fitzgerald
Would Longer “Weeks” Make Your Training More Manageable?
· Matt Fitzgerald
“You Are Not a Watch” (A Lesson in Pacing)
· Matt Fitzgerald
