The Common Sense Coach Marathon Training: The Taper
Coach Carl explains how to optimize your last weeks before the marathon to arrive fresh, strong and fast.
Come here to find everything from strength-training workouts to distance-specific exercises and how to PR on your next race. From the mile to the marathon, track workouts to long runs, core work to foot-strengthening exercises, we draw on coaches, athletes, scientists and medical professionals to answer why as well as how, and give you reasons, resources and motivation to adopt advanced training methods to race your best, stay healthy and enjoy running for life.
Coach Carl explains how to optimize your last weeks before the marathon to arrive fresh, strong and fast.
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