Beyond The Finish Line

You are a human, zone two training works for you.
Last week was the five zones. This week is how to train them. Coach Matt covers every zone from recovery to VO2: the exact sessions, durations and weekly placement TPP athletes use, and why you build zone two through duration, not pace. Georgia shares her first run back postpartum, and listener questions cover Garmin heart rate settings, cardiac drift and runner’s gut.
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You can't hold true VO2 max for more than 25 minutes across a whole session, so no, you didn't run your half marathon in zone 5.
Matt breaks down all five heart rate zones: what each one is for, how long you can hold it, and what it does to your body. That covers mitochondria, stroke volume and lactate clearance in zone 2, why zone 3 is the gray zone, and why zone 4 gives you the most bang for your buck. Then there's the real cost of a zone 5 session.
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Listener Q&A covers fueling a five-hour marathon, whether anyone can really hold zone five for an hour, finishing a marathon off a 24K long run, and how to stop chasing pace on your watch. Georgia, 10 weeks postpartum, asks Matt what her first two weeks back should look like. The answer isn't running.
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What Running Gear Is Actually Worth the Money?

Running is supposed to be simple and cheap. Somehow it's turned into $6 gels, $350 race entries and $600 watches. Matt and Georgia go through it item by item: what to spend on, and what to skip.

🎧 Listener Q&A:
– Is sub-4 realistic off a 4:33 marathon and a 25:12 5K
– Splitting a 25K long run in two when you've got a young family
– Two 30-minute gym sessions a week: what to prioritise

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Matt strips endurance sport down to two questions: are you fast enough, and are you durable enough? He lays out the exact markers for each, why speed takes far longer to build than durability, and how to reverse-engineer a full year of training from one goal time. Then the announcement 18 months in the making: TPP's new coaching platform, built for the runners who've been asking for it. First 20 beta testers get it free.

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