Before marathon training begins, it's essential to build a strong base. Improving your speed, strength, and endurance through various workouts is key. Balancing hard training with recovery makes marathon training easier, safer, and more successful. Most runners focus only on the final few months before a marathon. However, according to marathon coach and former elite runner Hugo, real success begins much earlier. A marathon training plan consists of two important phases: a 10–12 week base...

Are you a runner who realises that more mileage makes you faster? So you want to build up the weekly amount of running kilometres that you make? Let’s take a look at how this is best done and what the science says about mileage and avoiding injuries. Does increasing mileage make me faster? The short answer: yes, it probably does. As a coach, I always get annoyed when people talked about ‘doing quality over quantity’. As if the two are not related. Sure, I get it. You want to focus on doing...

Kenya is renowned as the land of champions, specifically in the world of long-distance running. Athletes from all corners of the globe flock to its high-altitude training camps to enhance their performance and push their limits. But what makes these training camps in Kenya so unique? This blog post delves into various factors that contribute to the allure of Kenya as a training destination. Training Camp: The Kenyan Advantage One significant factor that sets Kenya’s training camps apart is...