11/08/2026
Abbies Marathon PR
When Abbie first joined the team she was running 5km with a heart rate of 165bpm.
Fast forward to now, and she’s now completed 3 marathons with times of 4:12, 4:00 and 3:52🏅💥
Here’s how our specific programming helped Abbie hit her goals:
✅ Built her zone 2 engine ,laying the foundation for long distance endurance.
>> Slowing down to speed up was one of the key successes in this marathon prep
It’s the foundation of your house. Without this, you will hit a wall later in the race.
✅ Increased speed work, threshold and v02 max blocks, then dialling into race pace specific runs she went from struggling with 5km to crushing marathons with a strong pace
>> Specific speed work to ensure Abbie got fitter over time and felt confident heading into her marathon
✅ Strength training in the gym building the muscle and power to keep her body injury-free and strong through every race but ensuring the training did NOT take away from her ability to run
✅ Gel and nutrition strategy, we taught her exactly what to eat on run days, so she stayed fuelled and powered through those long runs without hitting a wall 🏃♀️🍏
✅ Rest days, the work can be done, but in order for the body to adapt it needs time to rest and recover.
But the real secret behind Abbie’s success?
Her commitment and dedication
None of this would’ve been possible without her ability to turn up especially on the days she didn’t feel like it
She embraced the process, trusted the plan even when it felt backward.
This has been about pushing beyond what she thought was possible, getting out there on her own week after week and getting the training sessions done
Abbie, as always it is NOTHING short of a pleasure to support you
Raising the bar again and again, its an honour to work with you
IF your heading into the marathon season next year and want to ensure you cross the finish line prepared and avoiding that late race bonk
Drop us a DM with the word “ RACE”
And I will message you the details of our online coaching programme
