When you say you’re running a marathon, everyone around you suddenly becomes an expert. Family members are full of unsolicited advice, friends start forwarding you fuelling strategies on Instagram and colleagues are constantly warning you about “the wall”. But wouldn’t it be better to take advice from more qualified sources?
To provide guidance you can trust, I interviewed a selection of bona fide marathon specialists: running royalty Eliud Kipchoge, four-time Olympian Eilish McColgan, world and Olympic champion triathlete Alex Yee, leading ultra-runner Tom Evans and University of Bath applied sport scientist Jonathan Robinson.
