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DB Performance Running Podcast · February 25 · 28 min

The Pro Marathon Workout Most Runners Aren’t Doing

There’s a workout professional marathoners use all the time that most runners don’t fully understand - alternation sessions designed to train lactate clearance.I’ve used these sessions throughout my own build as a 2:16 marathoner and 2x Olympic Trials qualifier, and they’ve consistently been some of the best indicators of race readiness for the distance

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There’s a workout professional marathoners use all the time that most runners don’t fully understand - alternation sessions designed to train lactate clearance.I’ve used these sessions throughout my own build as a 2:16 marathoner and 2x Olympic Trials qualifier, and they’ve consistently been some of the best indicators of race readiness for the distance