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Tom Albes ran the Chicago Marathon this last fall and is looking to compete in another marathon in the fall. You may remeber him from a few years back when he dominated the St. Louis High School XC scene while running for DeSmet. Here he talks about pacing work for his marathon training from lastRead more

This week’s workout come from racing and coaching veteran Jason Holroyd. Checkout his take on the Time Trial. Workout Time Trial Type Race simulation/test effort Details This is usually about half to two thirds the distance of your goal race. If you have a marathon coming up you might do twelve to fifteen miles. If youRead more

This week, Andrea Karl explains her long hill repeat workout. Karl has been dominating the St. Louis Racing scene the past year. She picked up wins in the Marathon at GO! St. Louis in April and the MO’ Cowbell in October. She recently finished second in the Skippo 20k race and has used the workoutRead more

This week’s Workout Write-Up comes from Matt O’Connor. Matt is training for the US Olympic Marathon trials, which he will be running in Los Angeles this February. Workout Cruise Mile Repeats Type Endurance and speed workout. Details When I run this workout I do 7-8 x 1 mile at lactate threshold (slightly slower than 10KRead more

For the Workout Write-up, one of Big River Racing’s team members will discuss one of their favorite types workouts and provide details about how and when to the workout. This week’s Workout Write-up comes from Julie Lossos. Workout Fast Finish Long Run Type Strength Workout Details This is essentially a tempo run at the end of aRead more