Miles Better

Back after a month off. We dive into: recent training... eyes on Berlin the sub 2h marathon WR big feature drop in kaizen and deep dive into the systems and principles behind it listener q about maximising training load -- kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Strava club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Back in your earwaves after a little hiatus, and talking about: running marathons (always) some big updates coming in kaizen cross-training strength training Tune in for some hot takes on how to spend your time if you want to run fast. -- kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Strava club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael⁠...

Special series incoming covering the history of how Josh developed the training system behind Kaizen and how it's This episode goes through how it works, and how it all started, all the way back at the beginning of Josh's running journey. -- Kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Strava club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michae...

Michael sits down with everyone's favourite dad marathoner, Eric Floberg, fresh off a PB at his home race at the Chicago Marathon. Hear about what it's like to have people shouting your name the entire way along a marathon course, and a pretty honest appraisal of the mental game in the last 10km.

Michael and Josh dissect their performances at the unbearably hot 2025 edition of the Berlin Marathon over the weekend. Both of them well off where they wanted to be given the conditions. Josh executed brilliantly in the circumstances, posting a 2:43 with a 3-4 minute positive split, whereas Michael managed a 2:50 with a 10 minute positive split. Hear about what went wrong, and what's going to cha...

It's race week. Josh and Michael have wrapped up their training, are tapering (perhaps too aggressively), and talk about race prep. Lots of talk about how to handle the forecasted warmer conditions, whilst Michael is struggling with managing an unexpected setback. Race plans and expectations have diverged slightly, although the weather may bring them back together come race day. -- Kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

2 weeks til Berlin Marathon and things are heating up. Josh and Michael have near identical race predictions. Last week's training was almost the same. It won't be sub 2:30, but the race is on... They discuss prep leading into the race from here. What the last week of training will look like, getting everything organised from kit to shoes to nutrition. -- Kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the app⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Just under 3 weeks out from Berlin, and Michael's had a minor niggle. Josh's training is still on the up, although he's also had to pare it back slightly. 2 big weeks of training to go and they are neck and neck in fitness terms. Neither is full convinced of getting in 2:28 shape, but they're both keen to go head to head. After discussing training and shape, Josh gives an overview of how he manage...

After last week's downbeat recording, Josh and Michael are on the up (training, shape and vibes). Training load is increasing, and marathon predictions are improving. Josh tries to start playing mind games and goes deep on his heat training protocol. Michael is plugging away and already in PB shape with 2.5 weeks to go. -- Kaizen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Strava club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠...

Exactly 1 month til Berlin Marathon and both Josh and Michael are making big strides in training. Detailed check in on how Josh is going with gut training before Berlin on the back of his nutrition fail in Barcelona. Deeper dive on the training numbers and race predictions. Both still confident of making big gains in the next couple of weeks and giving 2:28 a red hot crack. Some more chat about sa...

Week 2 of the Berlin Marathon series, and Josh and Michael's training is coming along. Michael still in better shape than Josh, but Josh is closing fast. A lot of talk about training, balancing work/life/family with running. Deeper dive on training zones and how they can actually be quite un-useful for your training if you're expecting specific benefits by working specific systems. Physiol...

Season 4 kicks off with a recap of how Michael & Josh's training has been going. Michael; good, Josh; less good, but on the up. Off-brand interlude about the strength work and cross-training they've both been doing and associated risks and benefit. Sub 2:28 challenge is ON AGAIN for Berlin Marathon, so there is a shallow dive into what training is going to look like. Hard data to follo...

In this episode, Michael and Josh welcome Stoddy, who shares his young journey into running, including his experiences with the Speed Project and not eating enough. The conversation delves into the importance of racing as a training tool, Stoddy's training philosophy, and his upcoming race goals. The trio discusses the balance between training and racing, the challenges of pushing oneself (sub...

In this special two part video episode Josh chats to Lauren before and after her 110km ultramarathon at the IATF. Part 1 takes place in the hours before the race. We chat though her plans and preparations for the longest race she's ever attepted. Part 2 takes place the day after the race, when Lauren reflects on how the rac went. We dig into what went well and what she'd do differently next time....

Felt rude not to acknowledge our favourite race distance of 26.2 miles, so we've put together a special episode to celebrate the marathon. Deserves to be treated with respect. We celebrate the good, bad and ugly of our collective 40 or so marathons. Blood, sweat and tears all feature in some way throughout. Lots of lessons learnt with the myriad things that can go wrong, where the marathon has...

We spoke with Dan Robinson, a 2:12 marathoner who ran for GB in the 2000s. His notable achievements include a bronze medal at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon, top 25 at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics, a 9th in the 2007 London Marathon and an 11th and 12th place at the World Championships. Dan tells us how he got into running accidentally, his love of the treadmill, a...

In this episode, we explore the journey of Harry Lancaster, a marathon runner who faced significant setbacks due to bone-stress related injuries and subsequent diagnosis of osteoporosis. Harry shares his experiences with training, nutrition, and the challenges of coming back from a significant layoff and a condition that usually affects people twice his age. He discusses his gradual return to runn...

We speak to people who love running all the time. But Cole probably loves it the most. With his sights set on a sub 2:20 London Marathon debut in 1.5 weeks (pending recovery from an altercation with an e-scooter), we hear from Cole on his recent training, running history, shared family obsession, and scientific understanding of the sport and what contributes to performance. And for the lovers of r...

Our next guest for S3 is Rayne Holland, who ran a perfectly paced 2:48:30 at Melbourne Marathon 2024 in her first ever race. To this day she's never run a 5k, 10k or half marathon and yet is gearing up for a big PB at the Ballarat Marathon by knocking off consistent 150k+ weeks. Rayne's deep understanding of the factors that influence running performance, and her commitment to doing everyt...

In Season 3, we're featuring a number of guests on the show. The first few are all prepping for an upcoming marathon and bring a diverse range of running stories and backgrounds to keep things interesting. First up is Sofia Eves, 3:06 marathoner (on debut!) who has Hannover Marathon upcoming this weekend. Sofia dives into her first marathon (and training), plus her second marathon (slightly le...

A bonus episode where Michael and Josh discuss the good, the bad and the ugly from Josh's day at the Barcelona marathon. What can he to better next time? What went well in this race? Michael has opinions on both. -- Kaizen Download the app: https://kaizen.app.link/milesbetter Strava club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/runkaizen Web: https://runkaizen.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ru...

Michael and Josh use the upcoming Barcelona marathon to showcase tips and tricks to maximise your performance on race day. We've got chat about preparation in the days before a marathon (correctly assessing fitness, gear check, pacing plan) as well as heaps on detail about how to make the most of race day (course optimisation, toilet trips, breakfast, + more) - all through the lens of how Josh wil...

Race week. Josh is ready to go large in Barcelona. He's in and around PB shape. The chat is about the last few weeks of training including a 5k best (and second best) for Josh and a bit of detail about how to think about the taper. Conclusions: highly personalised and more art than science. Special episode will follow on Friday or Saturday to talk about the nuance of Josh's prediction and...

2 weeks of training plus 1 week of taper to go before the first edition of the sub 2:28 challenge at the Barcelona Marathon. Josh has hit a 200km training week for the first time this block and is 80% sure he'll be in PB shape come race day. Michael has pulled out on the back of some rookie mistakes. The bulk of the episode is about how to think about, plan and benefit from B races around your...

Josh is on track for sub-2:28. Michael is trending in the other direction. This episode dives into just how well Josh's training is going and why he's so bullish about his prospects for Barcelona Marathon, and also into some of the issues Michael's facing. Josh's banked 190k in the past week, and is on track to breach 200k in the coming weeks. Day to day consistency has been everything, and he exp...