Marathon motivation?
I've stumbled upon a few interesting running-related stories while out on the run and listening to some podcasts in the past few days:
Hanson brothers SOS Marathon Training Plan - Steve, from the Phedippidations podcast, talked about his new moderate and consistent marathon training plan on his latest podcast. This plan is better known as the Hanson's Something of Substance (SOS) Marathon Training Plan (Here's the Running Times article). This plan is very different from the standard Higdon or Galloway training program as it has six days of running per week, focuses on getting used to running at your marathon pace, and the longest long run is only 16 miles! Steve has been working at breaking a sub-4 hour marathon and he hopes this program will get him to that goal. I think the plan is pretty interesting (I'm especially interested in the @Marathon Pace workouts) but I'm going to stick with my regular plan for the time being.
Joggler - While listening to the RunningPlanet.com podcast, I learned about Perry Romanowski, a marathon runner that juggles the entire marathon and he's done this 22 times already. He's even pretty fast (with a joggling PR of ~3:22). His next plan is to joggle thru some Ultras and even complete a Ironman Triathlon while juggling. This episode might not make you faster but it will make you smile.
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