How to Run the Perfect Race: Interview with Matt Fitzgerald

Marathon Training Academy

Angie and Trevor

Health & Fitness, Running, Sports, Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode we speak with Matt Fitzgerald author of the book ‘How to Run the Perfect Race -Better Racing Through Better Pacing’. Matt will explain why many runners struggle with pacing in the marathon. We also take a look at the concept of “Work Rate”; and the central governor theory of fatigue versus Brehm’s […]

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1:00.0	Hey, hey, welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast, inspiring and empowering you to conquer the distance.
1:00.9	I'm Trevor.
1:01.8	And I'm Angie.
1:08.9	In today's episode, we speak with Matt Fitzgerald, author of the book, How to Run the Perfect Race, Better Racing Through Better Pacing.
1:15.5	So it's a good conversation that gets into the science of pacing and there's a lot of great science to learn. And hey, don't forget as an academy member, you can get our targeted marathon and half marathon
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1:35.7	I did not. I usually don't. Aren't you looking forward to better weather though. I'm getting
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