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Scott Frye is a Board Certified Athletic Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist. He is also a coach and community manager in our Personal Best Running Coaching Program.

In this conversation, we discuss:

Lessons learned from MAF low heart rate training
Common mistakes athletes make in training and racing
Advice to non-elite athletes looking to improve.

If you'd like to learn more about the Personal Best Running coaching program, check https://www.PBprogram.com/

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Mindset to succeed with MAF low heart rate training
2:29 Scott's running background and first marathon: "never again!"
5:03 Running journey, injury and finding MAF.
9:21 Frustrations starting out with low heart rate training.
12:28 Improvements, with cold therapy, nutrition, sleep and meditation.
16:11 Coaching experience; pace mentality, base-building, finding joy in running.
21:52 Breakthroughs with low heart rate training.
27:06 Misconceptions about adapting to aerobic fitness.
29:25 Balancing speedwork and Zone 2 training.
32:12 Boston Marathon 2024 experience and the training cycle.
45:25 Recovery tools and techniques.
48:07 Key considerations to ageing and longevity.
51:27 Further thoughts on nutrition.
54:31 Training and racing goals for Scott.
56:01 Find out more about Scott.
56:56 Closing thoughts.

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