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Jun 30
1h 4m

Pete Pfitzinger on How to Run Your Best ...

Jason Fitzgerald
About this episode

Pete Pfitzinger is a RRCA hall of famer, top American at two Olympic Marathons, and legendary coach and author most known for his book Advanced Marathoning (the 4th edition is now available for preorder!).

He's the top American at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Marathons, a 2-time winner of the San Francisco Marathon, 3rd place finisher at the 1987 NYC Marathon, and a coach with 30+ years of experience.

He's on the podcast today to discuss marathon training:

  • How is your posture during the delay related to how you run and your injury risk?
  • The value of back to back hard days (and how to structure them)
  • Training red flags that Pete consistently sees
  • Why "Advanced Marathoning" is not just for advanced runners
  • Recovery & training tips for Master's runners
  • The different applications for cross-training

Pete is one of the best and it's an absolute pleasure to learn from him. If you have someone running marathons in your life, please send them this episode or go leave it 5 stars in your podcast player. And don't forget to preorder the new edition of his book!

Thanks Boulderthon!

Boulderthon is a top 10 race in America according to USA Today and one of the best fall marathons according to Runner’s World. With a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon, Boulderthon offers an amazing fall destination race weekend right at the foothills of the Rockies. Use code STRENGTH20 for $20 off the marathon or half marathon.

Join me in Boulder, one of the top running destinations in the country, on September 28th, to experience the tight knit running community here, race on the epic streets of Boulder, and finish on historic Pearl Street. While I live in Denver, I travel to Boulder probably once a week to run. It’s arguably one of the best running locations in the United States.

There’ll probably be cool and crisp fall weather for racing fast, too. And don’t worry, Boulderthon is a BQ-eligible, USA Track & Field Sanctioned Event.

Boulderthon is on track to sell out again this year so don’t miss out. Use code STRENGTH20 to save $20 on the marathon or half-marathon here and I hope to see you in Boulder this fall.

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