Practice makes perfect, and that saying especially holds true as you begin your base-building phase. Laying a fitness foundation before you head into the thick of your marathon training block sets you ...

All runners have a mental image of their most glorious moments on the road: big smiles as they cross a finish line with new personal bests or feeling the runner’s high on their favorite trail. Each of ...

Base training is an essential piece of marathon preparation. It’s when runners establish a consistent routine and build the aerobic fitness foundation that they’ll rely on later. Because the miles are ...

Theoretically, base training should be pretty painless. The whole idea is to take it easy as you rack up slow-and-steady mileage. The hard stuff, like tempo runs and threshold intervals, comes later.