Greetings from San Antonio! We’ve got a packed lineup for you today, including our editorial team’s first impressions from day one at TRE (The Running Event), a practical guide to testing your fitness with the Cooper test, expert-backed fueling tips for your pre-run meals, and a marathon long run breakdown to help you train smarter.
Get inspired for your next run:
Latest podcast: Inside day 1 at The Running Event: What stood out, what fell flat, and what’s next: Our team breaks down the biggest trends, gear drops, surprises, and misses from the floor of TRE.
How to perform the Cooper test to gauge your fitness: Learn how to execute this classic 12-minute test and use the results to sharpen your training.
What to eat before a run: The best pre-run snacks for fueling: Simple, effective nutrition strategies to boost energy, digestion, and performance.
Your essential guide to the long run: Your complete roadmap to building endurance with smarter, more purposeful long runs.
Happy running! 🏃🏻♀️⭐
Katelyn Tocci Managing Editor Head Coach
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Day 1 at The Running Event delivered big trends, bold new shoes, surprising innovations—and yes, a few misses.
The Marathon Handbook team walks you through everything we saw, everything we tested, and everything runners should be paying attention to this season.
Runners train hard, but the truth is this: fueling is part of training too—and you should practice it far more often than you think.
Dialing in pre-run nutrition can transform your energy, recovery, and race-day execution, and I’ll be putting these tips to the test in my own 5K attempt today.
In this guide, we break down exactly what to eat before running and how to fuel so your workouts actually work.
If you’re putting together a marathon training plan, the long run is the cornerstone—the workout that truly separates marathon training from everything else.
Building the endurance to cover 26.2 miles takes strategy, patience, and purpose. This guide walks you through how to master the marathon long run so you can line up confident and finish strong.
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, Running News : Training Tips : Training Plans : Shoes+Gear : YouTube : Podcast Hi runners, Jessy here with newsletter #674! 🎉 Happy Wednesday!Here's what I have for you today: Every December, Valencia turns into the marathon world’s pressure cooker: a flawless course, cool air, and elites arriving with one goal: run fast. If you’re racing, spectating, or just tracking the action, here’s the guide that will actually get you ready. If you’ve ever been told your heel strike is “wrong,” you may...
, Running News : Training Tips : Training Plans : Shoes+Gear : YouTube : Podcast Hi runners, Jessy here with newsletter #672! 🎉 Happy Monday!Here's what I have for you today: Most runners obsess over legs and core, but the miles eventually expose what’s missing: an upper body that can actually hold form together. This guide breaks down why upper body matters far more than most runners think. World Athletics just rejected Grand Slam Track’s offer to pay half its outstanding invoice, dealing a...
Running News : Training Tips : Training Plans : Shoes+Gear : YouTube : Podcast Happy Sunday, runners, 👋🏼 Katelyn here with newsletter #671! Today's edition will help you brush up on shoe terms (so you can really understand what you are getting in a new pair of shoes), work efficiently on speed this season, and finally know whether or not yoga can be a good cross-training choice for us runners. Track workouts to improve your speed, strength, and endurance: How to use the oval to get faster and...
