Coach Dan Barratt and Samantha Mare share their favourite 'Top Ten Marathon Training Tips" as we begin to head into peak marathon season. Following a Coaches Corner Q+A and a round up of what is happening in the Best Athletics World!The top ten tips include; Marathon block planning, long run practice, sweet spot to increase your weekly mileage, how to hydrate sufficiently, fuelling for training, running at target marathon zone, strength work, fitting running into your life, planning your biggest run 4 weeks out from race day and finally never trying anything new on race day (one of Nick Besters top tips!)Links to the Running Room Summer Half Marathon/ Marathon Program is below:Free Marathon S&C Program:market.teambuildr.com/programs/the-running-room/summer-half-marathon-programMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

In Episode 3 of the Best Athletics podcast, Founder Nick Bester and Best Athletics coach and registered nutritionist Sam Mare catch up with our first special guest, NN Running and Nike elite marathon runner Jake Smith! We chat about his recent experience of dealing with injury, adapting to cross-training and his running comeback. We also get to find out about Sam’s journey with Best Athletics and what’s coming next!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

In this week's episode Coaches Dan Barratt and Anya Culling bring you our first instalment of Coaches Corner! Answering questions submitted by our members, Dan and Anya cover a range of running topics, some June highlights and updates on what's going on in the club this week!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

In our very first episode, podcast hosts and Best Athletics coaches Nick Bester, Anya Culling and Dan Barratt discuss the birth of the Best Athletics podcast and their running and coaching journeys so far including Anya's recent 2:34 England debut at Copenhagen marathon and Dan's first year as a Best Athletics coach. Tune in to hear the discussion on all things Best Athletics, recent race results and what's next in the Best Athletics world!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-islandLicense code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM