Stazza

Distance running coach | dilettante | balatron | The Reluctant Olympian

[Stazza @Stazza4]

VALENCIA MARATHON UPDATE - INCREDIBLE RUNNING FROM STAZZA'S STABLE STABLEMATES.

Great day in Valencia yesterday with loads of PBs. I'll cover the race and some of the training in this week's podcast. Here are a few of the stars on the day:

Alex Farrington 3:30:29 - 16 min PB
Iain Geraghty 2:56:32 - 25 min PB for sub 3
Sean Stokes 2:40:14 - 8 min PB
James Whittington 2:28:45 - 24 min PB (runs 5 times per week and 50 mpw - only started running 18 months ago)
Ben Clarke (56 yrs young) 2:48:46 - 6 min PB
John Cosgrave 2:59:35 - 15 min PB for the sub 3

[Stazza @Stazza4]

Great day for Stazza's Stable in London and Manchester. Shout-out to James Whittington who dropped his PB from 2:28:47 down to 2:25:17 - event though he's working 14hrs a-day and only running 50mpw.

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@piersmorgan Love your work, Piers. You’re fond of pulling up others and I enjoy that (even if just for typos). An ellipsis is… 😘

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@rickyegan_ @brady_h I can only work with what comes my way. And many of the sub 3s started out as slower than 4hrs and got there within 8 months to 18 months. Talent isn't required to break 3. Biggest issues are weight, age, and inappropriate training.

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@travelexx @kdtimms25 @brady_h Yeah, 50 mpw is the max people need for a sub 3. It's more important what the 40-50mpw consists of and it should be specific to the individuals needs/life/work, etc. If someone is running more than 50mpw and not breaking sub 3 (and they want to) then it's a training issue.

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@kdtimms25 @brady_h Sub 2:30 is a good job as is sub 3. But neither require much talent.I ran 68 mins for a HM and I wouldn't have considered myself talent. Brady will run a lot faster than he thinks...

[Stazza @Stazza4]

It's a lot easier if a person has played competitive sport and, generally, they'll improve quicker and get down to sub 2:30 and beyond easier. There isn't much difference in the volume required for a sub 3 and and sub 2:30. But to press on from sub 2:30 requires more miles and smart training.

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@brady_h Of course, age is one of many important factors for sub 2:30.

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@brady_h While I'm not a Lydiard fan, he said something along the lines of the average man can run sub 2:30 and I agree with this.

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@brady_h https://t.co/dfcVurnMC6

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@brady_h I’ve coached 735 people to sub 3; the vast majority in the past 10 years. Only 2 ran more than 50mpw. Talent isn’t important for sub 3. Most people aiming for sub 3 have the potential ceiling to do it but don’t know how to go about it. Talent is more important for 1500m-10k.

[Stazza @Stazza4]

Murder, mayhem, and magic: the story of Boris Levine’s journey from an injury prone, newbie runner with a half marathon PB of 1:42 down to 1:19 in only 11 months. It’s peppered with murder, mayhem, and magic:

https://t.co/psxrVmBXzf

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THE STABLEMASTER SPEAKS
LATEST EPISODE HAS DROPPED...
It’s the one you've been waiting for. We look at Aoife's Olympic build up, altitude and heat training, the race, and what happened after...

#olympics #marathon

https://t.co/1EzJFiTRjk

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I don’t understand this 🤔

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CBS banned Micah Richards from talking about Brests, so Carragher & Henry had no problem taking over😂😂😂

I love how unserious they are��😭😭

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@TrumpTrainX Use, definitely

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Listen to "Making an Olympian; The Aoife Cooke Story Pt3 - Training block for Olympic qualification " by The Stablemaster Speaks - The Art of the Marathon https://t.co/j8QGXIFurQ

[Stazza @Stazza4]

@KCsixtyseven Your working brain? Subjunctive mood: ‘were ’ not ‘was’.