Episode Details

You have been running consistently for years and your marathon time has not moved.

That is almost never your ceiling — it is a purpose problem.

Every run has quietly become the same run: a little too fast to recover from, nowhere near fast enough to improve anything.

That zone has a name.

This video is what it is costing you, how to tell when you are in it, and what to do instead.

In this video I cover the endurance triangle and where your marathon time actually comes from, why the same 130 beats gives me eight minutes a mile one day and eleven the next, why the talk test beats anything your watch tells you, and why "junk miles" is the wrong term for the thing most runners think it means.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Why your marathon time stopped moving
0:31 The endurance triangle
2:15 What the grey zone actually is
4:03 Same effort, different pace
5:25 The talk test beats your watch
7:20 What 130 beats taught me
8:57 Junk miles is the wrong term
11:30 Can a recovery run be too slow
12:54 Twice a week would be enough

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RELATED

Most Runners Get Zone 2 Wrong Without Realising — https://youtu.be/oUnyfAN21fk

Why Your Heart Rate Rises During Interval Sessions — https://youtu.be/tDXu7Ti9AM8

How My Marathon Training Evolved From 4:25 to 2:21 — https://youtu.be/OemkRpSdDhg

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I am Lee Grantham, founder and head coach at All In Performance Coaching.

I have taken my own marathon from 4:25 to 2:21, and I coach committed runners chasing sub-3 and sub-3:30 who are self-funding their own progress.

Featured in Men's Health UK and Runner's World UK.

https://allin.run

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