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Today, we are going to dive into a fascinating article that’s been making the rounds regarding the performance characteristics of high-perfo...
We are at that time of year when a lot of you have just finished your fall marathons. You’ve crushed your goals—maybe you went from a 5-hour...
Hey guys, it's Luke here! Welcome to Lesson Two of our planning guide. In Lesson One, we talked all about setting the right goals—which is a...
Mastering Your Training Paces: Goal Pace vs. Current Pace Listen up, runners! Once you’ve mapped out your training plan and laid out the str...
Summary In this conversation, Luke discusses the essential components of successful marathon training, emphasizing the importance of enduran...
The Boston Marathon is not just a race; it's a journey that demands strategic planning and preparation. As a seasoned runner who has experie...
Summary In this episode of the Luke Humphrey Running Podcast, Luke discusses the transition from fall marathon training to preparing for spr...
Transcript: Hey guys, this is Luke Humphrey. Welcome back to the Luke Humphrey running podcast. I appreciate all the great feedback from the...
Transcript:Hey everyone, welcome back to the LHR podcast. It's been a while. We've been revamping a lot of stuff behind the scenes on our we...
As a coach or an athlete, we look for guides as to how much work is an appropriate amount for a given athlete. I have mentioned this before,...
In the third part of this series, I want to discuss the race itself. In particular, the challenge of the potential weather. This comes in tw...
In part one, we talked a little bit about timing, but more specifically how training starts at maybe the worst timing of the year- the holid...
I read an interesting article from Steve Magness the other day, “How the need to prove yourself in practice can ruin your race day.” In the...
We have talked a lot about adjusting workouts due to heat and humidity for quite some length, but what about strategies to cool ourselves be...
Alright, as summer gets ready to peak, some of you are questioning why you decided to train for a September or October marathon! Many of you...
You might find yourself in a situation where you plug in a goal marathon time and the training paces for speed, which represent 5k to 10k ra...
As I write this, we are in the build up for the fall marathon season. For the early October races, we are into about 6 weeks. More advanced...
It seems like all easy running is the same, and I was in the camp of indifference for a long time, I grew to realize that as we advance in a...
Every coach I had, from high school to professional was a stickler for pace. That’s not to say that we weren’t monitoring other variables, b...
When we talk about long runs, the long run for the marathon is always the primary debate. For shorter races, even up to the half marathon, t...
In my Boston Marathon training plans, I have a lot of specific hill-based workouts. Some straight uphill repeats, some workouts I call “Tire...
So I got done a bit of a rabbit hole the other day. I follow the accounts of My Sport Science and the feed is great if you want to learn any...
From my experience, you have a deep division in the running world when you mention the word “treadmill.” For some, it’s a necessary part of...
Recently, I had a new athlete sign up for coaching and we have them complete a training profile. One of the questions is “what are some of y...
I remember in high school everyone had had these team shirts with “motivational” quotes. My favorite was “Runners have no offseason!” Soooo...
So, I am cruising the social media and lately, I’ve been seeing a lot about the 80/20 rule in running. As I write this, fall marathon traini...
I have made the summer of 2022 the summer of reinforcing heat and humidity adjustments with my athletes. It has had some pretty solid succes...
If you have followed me for any length of time, you know that I am a big proponent of even to negative splits. When we look at world records...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6teN9wjIT3MR9NH8jt4gAQ?si=25ZqS0rQSjiKXvicPCj-5w If you have followed my writing for any length, you will k...
Consistency is king/queen when it comes to development. What do you think is more important. A) doing two really good workouts over a 30 day...
There’s the old adage, “easy days easy, hard days hard” and we see that is the case with the majority of the elite to competitive based runn...
A few weeks ago, someone in our Facebook group brought up the idea of using an infrared sauna for recovery. I hadn’t thought much about it,...
One of the biggest complaints I get from athletes following the book (link), is that there is no taper. They say that because they are used...
I recently made a comment on my Strava log that I was making a conscious effort to make my easy days a little bit faster. This prompted a qu...
It was 2008 and I was on the starting line of the New York City Marathon. I had just completed the best training segment of my entire life....
During this time of uncertainty, it can be tough to have a plan. Many of us have been training a little aimlessly, myself included. It’s bee...
How many of you have run a marathon only to find yourself with a head cold or sick within the few days following the race? Yeah, me too! The...
It is interesting how our experiences shape our philosophy over time. My earliest example was when I started running cross country in high s...
The definition of commitment is “the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.” Whether it is running your first marath...
Last week we discussed recovery repeats for speed workouts. If you missed that post, you can see HERE. This week I want to discuss the next...
Last week I wrote about big data and what it told us about training for the mid-packer. I also chimed in about how I felt the HMM style of m...
Ok, so I have to admit that I was awfully intrigued with Amby Burfoot’s new article for Podium Runner. I was very curious to see what insigh...
How many times have you set your time goal, thought it looked kinda scary, but still doable? Yeah, me too. Now, how about when you started t...
Is having a coach worth it? The answer is, drumroll please, it depends! Believe it or not, ability is not a prerequisite for myself, or any...
More specifically, the question was, “Once well into the plan do your easy runs truly feel easy?” This was asked by one of our Facebook grou...
A little while ago, I posted a quick podcast on the role of carbohydrate and overtraining. When training hard by volume, intensity, or both,...
Today I discuss an article from mysportscience.com and how even two weeks of hard training with low carbohydrate intake can be detrimental t...
I recently finished reading the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. It’s not a running book, it’s actually a book on business. However, as...
Being in the right plan can make all the difference in the world. If you are familiar with the plans in the books, then you know that there...
Today's question comes from Phil, from our LHR Community on Facebook. Right now, he's not really following a plan and is curious to how fast...