Amby Burfoot on 60 Years of Marathon Running

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Run Long Run Healthy

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Running science, explained. Each episode, hosts Brady Holmer and Thomas Watson break down one major sports science topic or study related to running, in a way that regular runners can apply it to their daily training and routines. We cover topics like nutrition, training protocols and methodologies, fuelling, supplementation, recovery, and overall well-being.

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Amby Burfoot on 60 Years of Marathon Running

Run Long Run Healthy

1 hour 31 minutes 33 seconds

1 month ago

Amby Burfoot on 60 Years of Marathon Running

Amby Burfoot has been running marathons since 1965, won the Boston Marathon in 1968 in 2:22:17, set his PR at in Fukuoka on the same year with 2:14:28, and continues to run marathons today - including the 2025 Boston marathon. He has then had a long and storied career in running journalism, started the Run Long Run Healthy newsletter (which spawned this show), and is editor-at-large at Marathon Handbook.Here, Brady learns more about what marathon training, running , and culture looked like in 1960s.Run Long Run Healthy is brought to you by Marathon Handbook.➡ https://marathonhandbook.comSubscribe to the Run Long Run Healthy podcast:➡ Spotify: https://bit.ly/RLRH-spotify➡ Apple podcasts: apple.co/43iqUKxGet the RLRH weekly newsletter (choose free or paid):➡ https://marathonhandbook.com/run-long...➡ https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/Follow us online:BRADY ON X ➡ https://x.com/B_Holmer/PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING (Brady's Newsletter) ➡ https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/MARATHON HANDBOOK IG ➡ / marathon.handbook 00:00 Introducing Amby and origin of RLRH02:21 60 years of marathon running03:58 Running culture then vs now09:05 Amby’s memorable Boston years15:00 Boston Start times, then vs now18:56 Hydration practices, then vs now20:40 “dont drink anything during a race”24:40 Running shoes, then vs now30:00 Amby on super shoes36:00 factors that have improved marathon times37:48 psychological factor of major time barriers40:00 pacing and timing tech, then vs now51:26 intuitive, device-less training54:50 Avoiding overtraining58:25 nutrition and fuelling, then vs now01:02:08 Carb loading, then vs now01:08:35 Evolution of energy gels01:11:29 The Gatorade experiments and dehydration01:22:10 What do runners take for granted today?01:26:00 Strategies Amby has implemented now vs then