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Hi runners,

Jessy here with newsletter #400! 🎉

Happy Wednesday! Today is all about running far and running fast!

Here's what I have for you today
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  • 🥳 The marathon legend Paula Radcliffe has been confirmed for the 2025 Boston Marathon... a decade after her last race!
  • ⚡️ A landmark new study of 150,000 recreational runners' marathon training sheds some new light on the best way to get a faster marathon time.
  • 🦄 If you’ve managed to shave off precious seconds or minutes since registering for the Boston Marathon, now is the time to let the B.A.A. know.
  • 🫀 Knowing your maximum heart rate is a useful metric to help set your zones...but how exactly do you figure that out?
  • 🏃‍♂️ Want to run longer? Here are our top tips for increasing endurance.

And, looking for new running shoes? We just updated our best running shoes list, with a pick for every type of runner.

Get ready to get faster!

Jessy Carveth
Senior News Editor

🥳 Paula Radcliffe To Come Out Of Retirement For The 2025 Boston Marathon

Guess who’s lacing up her running shoes again? That’s right—Paula Radcliffe, the legendary British marathoner, is making a comeback.

The former marathon world record-holder is stepping out of retirement to take on the 2025 Boston Marathon, one of the most iconic races in the world.

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⚡️ Want a Faster Marathon Time? First, Add More Easy Miles, Says New Mega Study

Are we over-engineering our marathon training?

A new study breaks down the Strava data of over 150,000 recreational marathon runners, mapping out the average mileage and workout modalities against finish times. There were a few surprises in there, but most of all it was about quantity of easy miles:

Parkrun Organizers Rob 83-year-old Runner Of His Age Group Records

🦄 HURRY! Now’s Your Chance To Update Your 2025 Boston Qualifying Time

Attention runners: If you’ve recently snagged a faster Boston Qualifying time, it’s time to update your details!

The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is giving runners who have already met the qualifying standard the chance to submit a faster time ahead of the 2025 Boston Marathon—and this could make all the difference in securing your bib number and seeding.

Parkrun Organizers Rob 83-year-old Runner Of His Age Group Records

🫀 How To Calculate Max Heart Rate: 8 Ways To Measure It

Heart rate training for runners has long been one of the most scientific approaches to endurance training and is relatively easy to carry out once you have a heart rate monitor and have defined your heart rate zones.

But to do this, you need to know how to figure out your maximum heart rate. Luckily, we've got everything you need to know.

🏃‍♂️ How To Run Longer: 11 Tips For Increasing Running Endurance

Runners often have two main goals in mind when they are looking to improve: speed and distance.

Either we want to run faster, or we want to run longer, and to tell you the truth, most of us want both in the long run (pun intended!).


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