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[Brady Holmer @Brady_H]

Fueling correctly will allow you to run the fastest marathon you're capable of, but not one *faster* than you're capable of.

In other words, I think adequate fueling "unlocks" whatever potential you have arrived at via training.

[Alan Couzens @Alan_Couzens]

Psst Runners...

Your heart doesn't know the difference 🫀

But your connective tissue does! 🚴

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

What makes endurance athletes able to handle some of the ‘toughest’ challenges?

They are forced to work through difficult moments, not by grinding through, but by accepting.

[juanma bellón @juanmacorre]

Detalles del récord de media maratón de Kejelcha en Buenos Aires.

Parcial cada 5 kilómetros
5k: 13:45
10k: 27:19 (13:32)
15k: 40:41 (13:22)
20k: 54:04 (13:23)
Meta (21.097 metros): 56:51 (2:47 el 1.097 final)

La media sale a 2:41 por km
Del 10k al 20k hace 26:45

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Elanga recorded the 6th fastest peak speed in the premier league in 2025/26 season.

And he records what would be low 11s for an actual 100m.

That's fast. But more 800m guy fast vs. 100 guy.

Most fast soccer players = mid distance runner physiology, not sprinter.

[David Abbott @runliftrunlift]

Mileage is based heavily on fitness. Duration is more of a level playing field.

<2 hours a week: casual runner
3–4 hours a week: likes running
5–6 hours a week: serious runner*
7–8 hours a week: highly committed runner
8+ hours a week: aspiring pro, sub-elite, age group champ, or younger runner who eats, sleeps, breathes running

*does a lot of cross training

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

A simple way to develop aerobic fitness:

Lots of easy runs.
1 day/week = short and fast but under control. (i.e. 8x1min on/off, or 12x 30sec/1 off at 5k to 1mile effort)
1 day/wk = longer, controlled &amp; uptempo (4x5min, 2x10min, or 6x3min at half marathon to 10k effort )

Repeat.

[Taggart VanEtten @taggartvanetten]

if you’re chasing a sub 3 hour marathon but can only run 40 miles per week this is what i would do:

monday: cross train 45-90 min

tuesday: zone 2 run w/ strides

wednesday: sub threshold intervals

thursday: cross train 45-90 min

friday: zone 2 run w/ strides

saturday: MP tempo

sunday: cross train 45-90 min

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Mark English's European Championships medal record
2014 outdoors: 🥉
2015 indoors: 🥈
2019 indoors: 🥉
2022 outdoors: 🥉
2025 indoors: 🥉
2026 outdoors: 🥇

The 800m is typically a young man's game. But Mark English finally tastes gold at age 33.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We over complicate exercise...especially for novices or those who just do it to be healthy.

So I created a straightforward guide on what I'd do if I just cared about health and longevity.

Here you go: https://t.co/rTuwUDQlMY

[Birmingham 2026 @birmingham2026]

The return of the King 👑

#Birmingham2026

[Seijo 🦴 #TeamKimMiller @seijochan]

Arranca el Europeo de atletismo y primera ostia de realidad. No solamente está Lourdes comentado, ahora le dan el premio de hacerlo directamente desde el estadio, para que se entere todavía menos 😭

[Alex Predhome, aka "Captain Pronouns" @Predamame]

Jakob Ingebrigtsen:

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 wins GOLD in his season opener at the European Championships over 5000m!

First race in almost a year and after 6 good weeks of training.

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

THE KINGEBRIGTSEN HAS RETURNED 👑

Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s 🇳🇴 first race in 11 months was full of intrigue, but the outcome was familiar: the 25-year-old Norwegian won his fourth straight European 5000m title in 13:15.29 using a 54.8 final lap.

Ingebrigtsen hung out in the back for most of the race before hitting the front with a mile to go, and after being passed by Jimmy Gressier 🇫🇷and Florian Bremm 🇩🇪 he was able to get free in the final 100 meters and kick his way to a fourpeat. Any questions of lingering injury concerns or rust from a year off racing are gone.

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Just discovered there is a Wikipedia page dedicated to the concept of a "kick" in running.

Here are the runners Wikipedia has deemed "notable kickers."

https://t.co/kxsZNEZtjq

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

If it's too good to be true, it usually is.

The man who came out of nowhere and shocked the Olympic champ and medalist in the 1500 at US champs was doping...

Good for USADA in catching him.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Well worth a read on perhaps the greatest phenom in sports.

“Coach told me: ‘When you feel you need to make the move, no second thoughts, you explode out of a cannon’.”

https://t.co/Hu8g6jcW9z

[Óscar Fdez. @gabyandersengz]

Jakob dice sentirse físicamente más preparado ahora que en Tokio, pero aún así reconoce que un año y medio de problemas en el Aquiles le han dejado huella.
"¿Tienes ahora las mismas opciones para competir en la final de 5000 que antes?
Desde luego que no", responde rotundamente

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Separate your identity from what you do

When you tie your identity too closely to what you do, anytime you fail at that thing, you will take it as a failure of your true self. It won’t be that I failed at running. It will I am a failure