“If you’ve got to push yourself out of the door, you might be pushing yourself a little bit too hard” – Todd Marentette
Todd Marentette is a 46 year old athlete from Ontaria, Canada. He went from 215lbs/113kg, to finishing 12 marathons.
We talk about what he learned in his training and racing journey, including some of his experiences with low heart rate training.
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Show Notes:
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:36 How Todd got into running
- 06:33 Learning patience and looking after your feet!
- 12:28 Fundamentals for non-elite runners, Todd’s routine.
- 16:43 Challenges and benefits with low heart rate training
- 20:45 First race day experiences
- 25:50 Further training cycles and races, beat your average!
- 28:19 What is your Why?
- 30:45 Running all seasons in Ontario
- 34:23 The perfect race morning
- 36:24 Heart rate monitoring, watch tech and metrics.
- 41:51 Base-building and adding in speed
- 47:37 Running isn’t just running
- 50:11 The role of recovery in training
- 53:18 Keeping active while desk-working, beauty of the trails.
- 56:22 Increasing volume of low intensity running
- 1:01:41 Find out more about Todd
- 1:02:13 What Todd learned through his running experiences.
- 1:04:06 Closing thoughts, don’t be afraid to ask for help!
- 1:07:10 Outro – about the PB Program
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