142: Sarah Ran A Marathon In A Mine & Tom's T...

With marathon participation on the rise and more runners taking on ultra-marathon distances, backyard ultras and multi-day events, we ask the question - has the marathon distance become normalised? Andy, Rick and Sarah dive into a hot topic currently sparking debate in the runnin ...  Show more

In this week's episode Andy, Sarah and Rick dive into how to improve your speed and running economy with strides. They talk all about how to add them into your training, why they're important and who should be doing them.They also catch up on their training weeks, where Andy debr ...  Show more

Tom spends months preparing for an ultramarathon, but race day brings surprising challenges.

Level: upper intermediate 

Accent: Australian

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Running as far as you can on a looped course, you against the clock and your ability to just keep going. The backyard ultra is a growing in popularity, so we spoke to Sarah Perry about what attracts her to this type of racing and how everyone should give it a go. Hosted on Acast. ...  Show more

"This was the happy ending to it all, to all the struggle. But that's life, right? It wasn't how the story ended. But believing it was kept me in it."

Sara Hall just compet ...