Run Blog: From 5K to Marathon Training and Preparation
The Run Blog is a training and preparation resource for runners from 5K to Marathon. It brings together practical workouts, training guidance, race preparation, recovery and mindset support in one place. The focus is on helping runners train with purpose, build consistency and understand how sessions fit together over time, supporting sustainable progress across every stage of the running journey.
5K Running: Long Run Benefits and How to Build Endurance
Long runs are essential even for 5K training. Learn how aerobic endurance builds stamina, improves pace control and prepares your body for race-day demands.
Recovery Runs: Why They Matter and How to Do Them Right
Recovery runs are essential for adaptation. Learn why running easy helps absorb fitness, reduce fatigue and build consistent performance week after week.
Overtraining in Running: When the Body Stops Adapting
Overtraining reflects a prolonged loss of adaptation rather than simple fatigue. This piece explores how it develops, how it differs from overreaching and why recovery matters.
Navigating Fatigue: Over-Reaching Vs Over-Training in Running
Fatigue in running exists on a spectrum. This piece explores acute fatigue, functional and non-functional overreaching and how these states differ from true overtraining.
Marathon Recovery Week: Run Benefits and Training Tips
Recovery is a key part of your marathon plan. Learn how to reset intensity, maintain base fitness and prepare for your next high-mileage block.
Half Marathon Recovery Week: Run Benefits and Training Tips
Recovery is a key part of your half marathon plan. Learn how to reduce volume, protect performance and come back stronger in your next training phase.
10K Running Recovery Week: Benefits and Training Tips
Recovery is a key part of your 10K plan. Learn how to use rest weeks to rebuild, stay consistent and avoid overtraining as you progress.
5K Running Recovery Week: Benefits and Training Tips
Recovery is a key part of your 5K plan. Learn how to use rest weeks to rebuild, stay consistent and avoid overtraining as you progress.
Running Recovery Weeks: Benefits Explained for Runners
Recovery weeks are where real gains happen. Learn how to structure rest into your plan to absorb fitness, avoid fatigue and come back stronger.
Running: Zone 5 / VO2 Max Training Benefits Explained
Zone 5 is about power and peak intensity. Learn how VO2 Max training helps you build speed, boost aerobic capacity and hit top-end race pace.
Running: Zone 4 / Threshold Training Benefits Explained
Zone 4 is where strength meets control. Discover how threshold training improves pacing, endurance and race-day performance.
Running: Zone 3 / Tempo Training Benefits Explained
Zone 3 training is where strength meets control. Learn how tempo running builds stamina, sharpens pacing and prepares your body to hold strong when it counts.
Running: Zone 2 / Endurance Training Benefits Explained
Zone 2 training is the engine of endurance. Discover how this aerobic sweet spot builds fitness, improves fat burning and powers consistent long-distance performance.
Running: Zone 1 / Active Recovery Benefits and Training Tips
Zone 1 recovery runs are the key to adaptation and consistency. Learn how to use this low-intensity zone to stay fresh, prevent injury and boost long-term progress.
Marathon Run Workouts: 10 Example Training Sessions
These 10 example workouts are the core of marathon prep. Build endurance, sharpen pace and get ready for race day with a structured training foundation.
Half Marathon Run Workouts: 10 Example Training Sessions
These 10 example workouts are the backbone of half marathon success. Build your base, boost your speed and stay consistent from training to race day.
10K Run Workouts: 10 Example Training Sessions
These 10 example workouts form the core of 10K training. Build endurance, sharpen pace control and set the tone for consistent race prep.
Marathon Training: 10 Zone 4 / Threshold Example Run Sessions
Build sustainable power and mental control with these 10 example Zone 4/threshold workouts for marathon training. Ideal for runners looking to hold strong through long efforts.
Marathon Training: 10 Zone 3 / Tempo Example Run Sessions
Train for long-haul strength with these 10 example Zone 3 tempo workouts. Perfect for marathon runners building the steady pacing and endurance needed to go the distance.
Half Marathon Training: 10 Zone 5 / VO2 Max Example Run Sessions
Sprint strong and recover fast with these 10 example VO2 max workouts. Built for half marathon runners pushing for performance at peak effort.