Part One: What Are the World Marathon Majors? The Abbott World Marathon Majors are a series of eight of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world, and finishing them has become a bucket-list goal for runners everywhere. The original six are Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City. Sydney joined as the seventh, and in June 2026 Cape Town was confirmed as the eighth. Runners who finish all six original races earn the coveted Six Star Medal, and there is no time limit to complete them. The medal has not changed with the newer additions: Sydney

What does a month of coaching with the Performance Project look like? Not a plan you download or get from ChatGPT. A month of a human paying attention & talking to you. The question I get most often, from people who are seriously considering coaching but haven’t done it before, is some version of: what do I actually get? It’s a fair question, and the honest answer is it is more about the human support than the training plan. You can get a training plan for free. You can get a very good one for the price of a coffee.

Racing in March, April, or May? Your training year has already started — here’s how to use it. If you have a marathon on the calendar for March, April, or May next year, it can feel like a lifetime away. The mistake many runners make is starting their training too late.  They only get serious about their preparation when they should be hitting their peak mileage and key marathon workouts.  The ramp up can be too quick, too soon and lead to overuse injury or too much fatigue. The problem with “I’ll start when the plan starts” Most marathon plans

Hi — I’m Coach Rebecca. If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you’re a person who fits training around a job, deadlines, and family. You want to run well. You’d also like to sleep, hold down a career, and not fall apart doing it. That’s the athlete I coach. It’s also, for a long stretch of my life, the athlete I wasn’t. I grew up in the water Before I was a runner, I was a swimmer. The kind who knows what a 5 a.m. pool deck smells like in January. I swam competitively through my whole childhood and

  You spent months training for your big race.  You crossed the finish line of your marathon or ultramarathon and the stoke level is off the charts!  Now the work is finally done.  However, the recovery process after a big race such as a marathon or ultramarathon is just as, if not more, important than the training leading up to the race.  Resuming training too soon after a race could lead to injury and/or reduced performances in the future.  How to recover after a marathon or ultramarathon includes three stages: rest, exercise, and a return to training.  The amount of