I am a beginner runner and in the building stage for competing for my first marathon. Played soccer throughout childhood but it has been some years, so the progress is slow for a 35 year old. Your videos and interviews have helped tremendously along the way. I appreciate the insight and knowledge I have acquired from you and your guests
Floris I just finished listening to the podcast over two days on my way to and from work. Inspirational. Great information. I love the detail down to the Garmin watch models, to fueling, to temperature conditions, personal life stuff, etc. Jay if you view this comment congrats on your accomplishments and thank you for being a doctor! I'm also sorry to hear about the loss of your wife. I am on my journey with MAF training which started at the beginning of the year. So far it is going well. I will take a look at both Floris' and Jay's run history in order to see how I am progressing. I am also competing in my first half Ironman and full distance Ironman this year which should be awesome! I am taking a similar approach to swim and bike training which are also coming along nicely! My goal is to qualify for Boston this year if I can. I have a Pennsylvania Marathon in September that I am targeting for qualification. Wish me luck on the endeavors and thanks for sharing your story!
I really enjoyed this interview as well! Not only did it cover MAF but also covered some real life issues that get in the way of training and that those hurdles can be overcome to achieve your running goals.
Thanks Norman, much appreciated. It's so awesome how many athletes are running PR's when switching to a MAF method of training, building up a solid aerobic base and added limited speedwork after a strong foundation is in place. Lot more great examples that are being shared daily in our Extramilest Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/209003219602686
Yet another great interview Floris. Thank you. Best takeaway for me was the two-pronged approach of removing sugar from his diet and running at a low heart rate as the key to his significant improvements in time.
It seems that most people interviewed have already a good aerobic basis. Being at 75% max HR for 9 min/mile (5.35 min/km) for a 'beginner' is already quite if not very good. I guess that if you were to make a distribution among 100s of beginners, you'd more around 11-12 min/mile. So it seems to me that there is some bias in the 'sampling' of the interviewees towards people with good endurance already.
Hi Floris, very awesome informative interview, though, I have qualified for Boston 2020 in Oct 2018 with a 3:24 and followed up with a 3:18 3 weeks later, I am always reading up to get better. I came across your pdf on how to BQ and break sub 3, which I think it’s within reach after a 1:29 Half in December. I’m trying hard to be patient as I’m 54 and need to run within a range of 121-131 bpm and have to walk during warmups to bring HR down. Once I get started, I can maintain a 7:45-8:00 pace. Should I ignore walking knowing my HR will eventually come down? I am thinking of going all in with MAF and experiment with a marathon in May and target Chicago to get as close to 3 hour as I can. Love all your podcasts and so inspiring, despite my higher intensity workouts have appeared to come to fruition. Thanks in advance for reading .
@Floris Gierman : Do you happen to know whether fitbit provides heart rate based alarm functionality? It would be helpful to me for MAF training if they do otherwise might have to go for garmin.
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Hi Floris, great video I can’t wait to get started on MAF training. I’m currently got a slight hip injury so I’m having to take a break from running. I plan to do cycling and stair climber instead would you work at same heart rate for these workouts? Thanks Elliot
Great to hear that Elliot, you should get a lot of benefit from a low HR type of training. Here is a detailed video about it that you might enjoy: ruclips.net/video/2n9wxuv0B50/видео.html&t= Good call on taking a break from running to recover from your hip injury, I'd even watch out with cycling and stair climbing to let your injury heal well, but good thing these activities have a lot less impact on your body. For stair climbing you'll notice your HR probably go up pretty fast, for cycling it takes more effort to get to MAF HR. In any way, I'd keep your HR at or below your MAF hr, as calculated with the Maffetone 180 formula.
hard to believe he ran a 335 marathon and barely knew what he was doing on his first try. I know people running in 4 hours flat that are really decent and been doing it for a while.
I believe he did. After train to hard I used the Maffertone Method and Ran 3:30:03 at age 48 on my first Marathon with very little speed work. But I was 128 Lbs. Qualified for Boston the next year.
Hey Floris hello from Greece and nice channe btw and i like it a lot and i enjoyed hearing from diferent persons all their stories. I would lome to contact with you please . Is there any email?
Forget the BQ this guy was born in '98 and was 20 in '08 #TimeTraveller
I am a beginner runner and in the building stage for competing for my first marathon. Played soccer throughout childhood but it has been some years, so the progress is slow for a 35 year old. Your videos and interviews have helped tremendously along the way. I appreciate the insight and knowledge I have acquired from you and your guests
Floris I just finished listening to the podcast over two days on my way to and from work. Inspirational. Great information. I love the detail down to the Garmin watch models, to fueling, to temperature conditions, personal life stuff, etc. Jay if you view this comment congrats on your accomplishments and thank you for being a doctor! I'm also sorry to hear about the loss of your wife.
I am on my journey with MAF training which started at the beginning of the year. So far it is going well. I will take a look at both Floris' and Jay's run history in order to see how I am progressing. I am also competing in my first half Ironman and full distance Ironman this year which should be awesome! I am taking a similar approach to swim and bike training which are also coming along nicely! My goal is to qualify for Boston this year if I can. I have a Pennsylvania Marathon in September that I am targeting for qualification. Wish me luck on the endeavors and thanks for sharing your story!
I really enjoyed this interview as well! Not only did it cover MAF but also covered some real life issues that get in the way of training and that those hurdles can be overcome to achieve your running goals.
Great interview...good to see examples of runners who have stuck with the "MAF method " and the results that can be achieved.
Thanks Norman, much appreciated. It's so awesome how many athletes are running PR's when switching to a MAF method of training, building up a solid aerobic base and added limited speedwork after a strong foundation is in place. Lot more great examples that are being shared daily in our Extramilest Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/209003219602686
Already joined Floris ...thanks.
Norman Johnstone perfect 👍
Just when my day can’t get any better, Floris ups the ante with a great interview!
Appreciate the support as always Andy, enjoy your runs this weekend! Cheers
Yet another great interview Floris. Thank you. Best takeaway for me was the two-pronged approach of removing sugar from his diet and running at a low heart rate as the key to his significant improvements in time.
It seems that most people interviewed have already a good aerobic basis. Being at 75% max HR for 9 min/mile (5.35 min/km) for a 'beginner' is already quite if not very good. I guess that if you were to make a distribution among 100s of beginners, you'd more around 11-12 min/mile. So it seems to me that there is some bias in the 'sampling' of the interviewees towards people with good endurance already.
Fantastic Interview
Hi Floris, very awesome informative interview, though, I have qualified for Boston 2020 in Oct 2018 with a 3:24 and followed up with a 3:18 3 weeks later, I am always reading up to get better. I came across your pdf on how to BQ and break sub 3, which I think it’s within reach after a 1:29 Half in December. I’m trying hard to be patient as I’m 54 and need to run within a range of 121-131 bpm and have to walk during warmups to bring HR down. Once I get started, I can maintain a 7:45-8:00 pace. Should I ignore walking knowing my HR will eventually come down? I am thinking of going all in with MAF and experiment with a marathon in May and target Chicago to get as close to 3 hour as I can. Love all your podcasts and so inspiring, despite my higher intensity workouts have appeared to come to fruition. Thanks in advance for reading .
Great interview! Very inspiring!
Great video
@Floris Gierman : Do you happen to know whether fitbit provides heart rate based alarm functionality? It would be helpful to me for MAF training if they do otherwise might have to go for garmin.
Dude does not know what year he was born or that he would have been 9 in 2007.
Around 35:30 you mentioned your alarm on your watch - what gear do you use to track you heart rate while running?
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For athletes of all levels and ages, for 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, and ultra distances. Save time by learning from my mistakes, skip the overwhelm, and avoid being distracted by all the info and opinions you're bound to come across.
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Hi Floris, great video I can’t wait to get started on MAF training. I’m currently got a slight hip injury so I’m having to take a break from running. I plan to do cycling and stair climber instead would you work at same heart rate for these workouts?
Thanks Elliot
Great to hear that Elliot, you should get a lot of benefit from a low HR type of training. Here is a detailed video about it that you might enjoy: ruclips.net/video/2n9wxuv0B50/видео.html&t= Good call on taking a break from running to recover from your hip injury, I'd even watch out with cycling and stair climbing to let your injury heal well, but good thing these activities have a lot less impact on your body. For stair climbing you'll notice your HR probably go up pretty fast, for cycling it takes more effort to get to MAF HR. In any way, I'd keep your HR at or below your MAF hr, as calculated with the Maffetone 180 formula.
Great interview
I have question in regard to caffeine effecting heart rate do you drink coffee before a run
Thanks
عبدالرحمن العنزي yes it can effect your HR a bit, depending on the amount. However I usually still drink a cup before my runs, it's fine
Is his named spelled Metley or Motley?
hard to believe he ran a 335 marathon and barely knew what he was doing on his first try. I know people running in 4 hours flat that are really decent and been doing it for a while.
Late response but I ran a 3:38 first marathon on just a month specific running training ..can be done
@@heno86 same. Ran a 334 my first one with minimal knowledge. 9 weeks of training.
I believe he did. After train to hard I used the Maffertone Method and Ran 3:30:03 at age 48 on my first Marathon with very little speed work. But I was 128 Lbs. Qualified for Boston the next year.
this guy can't remember what he did yesterday
🤣
Excellent Floris! When are you coming on my show? :-)
Shoot me over some more info when you get a chance Donato flo@extramilest.com Thanks!
@@FlorisGierman will do!
Hey Floris hello from Greece and nice channe btw and i like it a lot and i enjoyed hearing from diferent persons all their stories.
I would lome to contact with you please .
Is there any email?