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The sweet art of playing with competitors' minds to outsmart them to the finish.

Peter Bromka, 2:19 marathoner, reflects on the art, science, and sweet chaos of racing the historic Boston Marathon course.

Debunking the myth that you are broken if you don't maintain contact with your competitors in a race.

Coach Carl details how, when and why to do essential goal pace and steady state workouts to prepare you for specific marathon demands.

Your weekly guided tour of the best new research and articles on running from around the web.

New big-data study digs into hitting the wall in the marathon, revealing who is most likely to crash, when, and how much it will cost you.

Why marathon pacing is so hard, and how can you improve your ability to pace optimally and not to hit the wall hard during the 26.2-mile challenge.

How to predict your race pace — and training priorities — at every distance from the mile to the marathon.

This challenging workout prepares your mind and body to hang on strongly after having to go out fast from the gun.

There’s a reason you feel tired: Not knowing where the end is. How the running mindset can help, and how living through the pandemic might make us better runners.

Steady pacing is proven to be the most effective strategy in long races, so why is it so hard to achieve? Plus: The keys to mastering pacing.

Scientists use mathematical models to accurately predict marathon times — and when you're overtraining — from recorded training data. App to come. Watch this space.