Luke Humphrey Running

Luke Humphrey Running


Latest Episodes

Threshold Volume
January 29, 2024

As a coach or an athlete, we look for guides as to how much work is an appropriate amount for a given athlete. I have

Boston Challenges Part 3: Race Day Weather
October 19, 2023

In the third part of this series, I want to discuss the race itself. In particular, the challenge of the potential weather. This comes in

Challenges of Boston: Winter Training
October 09, 2023

In part one, we talked a little bit about timing, but more specifically how training starts at maybe the worst timing of the year- the

Are your fastest races your workouts?
September 27, 2023

I read an interesting article from Steve Magness the other day, How the need to prove yourself in practice can ruin your race day. In

Cooling strategies for the marathon: Hype or Real?
August 24, 2023

We have talked a lot about adjusting workouts due to heat and humidity for quite some length, but what about strategies to cool ourselves before

Best options for adjusting workouts to heat.
August 02, 2023

Alright, as summer gets ready to peak, some of you are questioning why you decided to train for a September or October marathon! Many of

Does marathon speed work need to be at my actual 5k-10k pace or the equivalent?
July 24, 2023

You might find yourself in a situation where you plug in a goal marathon time and the training paces for speed, which represent 5k to

Is it overtraining or is it underfueling?
July 21, 2023

As I write this, we are in the build up for the fall marathon season. For the early October races, we are into about 6

A fresh look at easy runs: regenerative vs moderate
June 27, 2023

It seems like all easy running is the same, and I was in the camp of indifference for a long time, I grew to realize

Becoming a better pacer
May 30, 2023

Every coach I had, from high school to professional was a stickler for pace. Thats not to say that we werent monitoring other variables, but