​New Podcast: Predicting Your Perfect Marathon Pace​

This week, Michael, Alex, and I dig into your biggest training questions—from predicting race pace to building toward a breakthrough race without overreaching.

Plus: how to build a useful shoe rotation, what to change when injuries keep derailing your training, and why fueling and recovery might be the missing pieces when your fitness says “go” but your body keeps saying “not yet.”

Race predictions, ambitious goals, super shoes ACL comebacks, and plenty of debate over just how fast these runners should really go.

​What Should Your Marathon Pace Be? How To Calculate It + Race Smarter​

Everything you need to know about pacing—flat courses, hills, and race-day strategy included.

​The World Athletics Ultimate Championship Starlists Are Out, And Some Big Names Are Missing​

World Athletics published its final entry lists on Monday. Noah Lyles, Faith Kipyegon, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Lilian Odira are all out, and 13 men in the 1,500m have broken 3:31 this season.

​The Runner’s Diet: Everything You Need To Know About Nutrition​

Fuel your miles: the ultimate guide to eating right and running strong.

​Jenny Simpson Describes The Cardiac Arrest That Ended Her Running Career​

Simpson said genetic testing on her and both her parents found no marker for the disease, and that she was given CPR for more than 20 minutes before she reached the hospital.

​Is Overtraining Actually Just Undereating? Here’s The Compelling Evidence​

Why fueling right might be the key to better performance.

​Altra Has Built Its First Real Super Shoe. But Will “Zero Drop” Devotees Embrace It?​

The Vanish Carbon 3 runs on a 4 mm drop, from the company that trademarked zero. A morning at Altra's Denver headquarters made the case that the number clarifies what the brand has always been about, rather than abandoning it.

​4,500 Liters Of Wine Went Out On The Course At The World’s Drunkest Marathon​

Florian Laplanche won in 2:26:45 and Céline Mérel in 2:54:38 on a course with roughly 20 wine tastings, 18,000 oysters and a prize paid out in bottles.

​The Start Lists Are Out for the 45th Fifth Avenue Mile​

Neither of last year's winners is entered, no former men's champion is on the list, and 14 of the 50 professionals race a world championship in Copenhagen six days later.

Quick Sprints:

• ​Running Pace Calculator | Calculate Pace, Distance, & Time​
• ​How To Run a Sub-4-Hour Marathon​
• ​How To Fuel For A Marathon: What To Eat Before, During, + After Your Race​

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