Taggart VanEtten marathon training

So he's doing a long run about 40k once a week, a workout consisting of 800s and 1km and he doubles in 4-6 miles. Outside of the long run being a bit longer than typical Olympic caliber marathoners do, though a lot of them will do a 40-45 k run at least once in their build up. Pretty typical if you ask me.

He’s a good follow on Twitter as well.

Isn't the guy more of an endurance monster? He probably thrives off of the longer stuff.

These are all fair points, the dude is an absolute mileage monster peaking at 258 mpw when training for 100 milers. He did the same type of training leading into Grandma's with very favorable conditions and ran 2:23, slower than some of his long runs in training. I think the straight MP workouts are falling out of vogue with workouts like 20k of Canova style alternations, or 4x5k/1k float at subthreshold->threshold, or even a Kenyan style progression long run ending with several miles closer to HMP becoming more favorable for marathon training. It seems like these workouts train the lactate shuttle more effectively and teaches your type 1 fibers to utilize that accumulated lactate as fuel (not saying traditional MP work doesn't). I guess I am more partial to the training done by Matt from sweat elite, although he hasn't broken 2:20 yet either. I really think he has 2:16 or faster in him if he nails a buildup, but to me this seems like a big if.

I don't think CJ is controversial at all. He's doing ok in his recent marathons and I have a feeling he's going to have a breakthrough soon. Even if he stays at his current 2:10:xx level there are not many in US that are faster and definitely none that are more fun to watch in races.

I just went to check out his training, and just this Tuesday he did 3 mile/2x2 mile/2x1 mile all around MP to threshold it seems.

Also, last week he did 12 x 1k at threshold.

The long run is long, it is true, but the rest of it looks quite normal and good.

Post your name and your training. I'll wait.

The dude talks a big game on social media about running an OTQ. He invites his family and in-laws to come watch him. Then he drops out at halfway. Wow. Embarrassment. Soon to be in-laws are not impressed. They may be trying to get their daughter to reconsider the marriage.

Dude is undefeated in strava workouts and then fails to deliver in the big moment. Not close today, unfortunately.

Imagine if you bombed out in a race and someone online commented saying your future wife should leave you, this site sucks