How to Achieve a Breakthrough: Jason Coach's RUNegade's Host to a Sub-4 Marathon
7/9/20261 hr 10 min
Todd Marentette is the co-host of the RUNegade Podcast - and he partnered with Jason to help him with a breakthrough.
For years, Todd has run almost the same time in the marathon: just over four hours. He's given Jason full control of his training and 10 months of runway to do the impossible: break his plateau, run a massive PR, and change how he thinks about training.
This episode originally aired on the RUNegade Podcast (Apple, Spotify). We discuss:
- The importance of cycles and dividing time into distinct seasons
- Varying your training focus to achieve maximum progress
- Race-specific work vs. HR-based workouts
- How we plan to break Todd out of his stagnating marathon times
- The neuromuscular component of race pacing
- A lot more!
Curious how fast you could race with Jason's help? Check out all his coaching & training programs here.
Todd will be publishing frequent updates about his progress on the RUNegade Podcast. Tune in to see how this works out!
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First 90 secondsJason Fitzgerald· Host0:00
Ready, set, go! This is episode 466, featuring a hybrid coaching conversation and interview that originally aired on the Runnegade podcast. I'm coaching host Todd Marentette to a big marathon PR, and I'm sharing our long-term vision. [upbeat music] As a coach, I almost always believe that runners can accomplish their biggest and most ambitious goals, but I usually think it takes a little more time than most runners give themselves. Today's conversation with podcast host and runner Todd Marentette is about what we can accomplish with a longer-term strategy. Recently, Todd came to me with a proposition. After years of running about the same time in the marathon, he wants me to coach him to a breakthrough. We have about 10 months to accomplish a sub-four marathon. In this episode, we'll give you a glimpse into our strategy. I'm your host, Coach Jason Fitzgerald. Learn more about me and strength running at strengthrunning.com. And if you'd like to support the work we're doing here on the podcast, you can support our sponsors. We are supported by Bolderthon, one of the top 10 races in America according to USA Today and one of the best fall marathons according to Runner's World. They have a 5K, a 10K, half-marathon,

