The method · Race Preparation
Smile through a marathon.
Feel good the next day.
We challenge ourselves with hard races and find joy in doing what others find spectacular. Build, peak, taper, recovery — then return to the life.
First
Before you plan your block, consider the conditions you train in.
A marathon is two questions: what shape is the ground, and what season will you train through? Each is a pair of opposites — and your race is one of each.
The course you run
Your race is one of each: a flat course through a hot summer, a hilly one through a cold winter, or any pairing between. Whatever your combination, the method has a real answer for it.
Then
Whatever your conditions, this is how the season is structured.
6–8 weeks
Build
Marathon-specific intensity enters. Strength shifts to power. The four modalities start coordinating across the body.
Read3–4 weeks
Peak
Maximum specificity. Everything sharpens. Everything else protects the running.
Read2 weeks
Taper
Week one absorbs what peak demanded. Week two primes for race day — the one exception where daily training stops. Show up fresh and run.
ReadRace day
The Marathon
What does it take to run a marathon?
Read2–3 weeks
Recovery
The four modalities do what no single-sport recovery can. Swimming flushes. Yoga repairs. Kettlebells rebuild. Easy running returns the identity. Then the cycle begins again.
ReadRecovery complete. Return to the life — the daily practice. Until the next race.
Explore other sections of the method
Running
The core. Time-based, patient, mostly easy. The form work, the workouts, and the runner archetypes that change how you train.
Yoga
Mobility and breath, refined over thousands of years. How we use it in marathon training and why it earns its place.
Kettlebells
Our strength modality. Ballistic, full-body, asymmetric. What it trains and why a barbell is the wrong tool for runners.
Swimming
Zero-impact aerobic volume. The counterbalance to pounding — and the breath training runners need most.