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Hi runners,

Jessy here with newsletter #616! 🎉

Happy Saturday!

Here's what I have for you today
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  • 🦶🏻 How keeping on top of your foot care can help you to stay pain-free and keep running strong.
  • 📺 Apple TV+ has teamed up with RunThrough to launch a deliberately “slow 5K” to mark the arrival of the fifth season of Slow Horses.
  • 💪 Build strength and balance for better running with these 6 hip stability exercises.
  • 🚫 A controversial training method used in pro cycling has been ruled doping—and endurance sports should take note.
  • 🏃‍♂️ Smart strategies to help you finish your marathon strong when training didn’t go as planned
  • ⏱️ WATCH: Perhaps it's time to stop looking at your watch: Our editor Alex explains in this video essay why he's letting go of big round goal race times, and why he thinks this may be a healthier way forward.

Get ready to get faster!

Jessy Carveth
Senior News Editor

🦶🏻 5 Preventative Foot Care Tips For Distance Runners

Whether you’re training for your first 5K, chasing a Boston Qualifier, or gearing up for an ultra, your feet are your most important piece of running equipment—so taking care of them should be as much a part of your routine as your long run.

That means choosing the right shoes, preventing hotspots before they become blisters, and strengthening those hardworking muscles that keep you moving.

📺 Apple TV+ Launches ‘Slow 5K’ in London to Promote Slow Horses Season 5

Apple TV+ has teamed up with RunThrough to launch one of the more unusual running events the capital has seen, a deliberately “slow 5K” to mark the arrival of the fifth season of Slow Horses.

The free fun run, which sold out almost immediately, leans into the show’s dark humour and self-deprecating tone, billing itself as an outing for “underachievers, screwups, and slow movers.”

💪 6 Hip Stability Exercises for a Stronger Stride

Many athletes focus on hip mobility, which is important, but mobility alone isn’t enough—you also need to build strength and stability.

A strong, stable hip complex supports a level pelvis, reducing the risk of injuries and improving running power, balance, and endurance. Your glutes, hip flexors, pelvic floor, hamstrings, and lower back all work together to keep your hips aligned and functioning properly.

🚫 WADA Bans Carbon Monoxide Use in Sports Starting 2026

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that carbon monoxide inhalation will be added to its list of banned methods from 2026, closing a controversial loophole that emerged in professional cycling and could have wider implications for endurance sports like running.

🏃‍♂️ 6 Tips For Running A Marathon when Undertrained and Underprepared

If you’re panicking that you’re not ready for an impending marathon, and are looking for some tricks and tools last minute, then fear not – we’ve got just the thing.

There are many ways to run a marathon when you are not as prepared as you’d like to be, and all of them are about conserving energy and taking your time.

⏱️🚫 WATCH: It's time to Ditch Time Goals (and I'm a Competitive Runner)

Most of us runners enter races with a time goal in mind: whether you're the greatest runner in the world and you're trying to break two-hours in the marathon, or you're a mid-packer, dreaming of that sub 30-minute 5K.

But what if training with race times in mind is holding you back? Senior Editor Alex Cyr tells us why he is (mostly) stepping away from time goals in his next training phase - in the hopes that, paradoxically, it allows him to run his best times yet.

In this video, he explains why he is, and perhaps you should, too.

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