Marathon Handbook Podcast

Mile Zero Toronto 2026: Alex Hutchinson and Natasha Wodak

Mile Zero goes to Toronto! Recorded live in front of an audience during Toronto Waterfront Marathon weekend, Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr and Katelyn Tocci sit down with two o

Hot Takes & Half-Baked Ideas: Live from Second City Toronto

The Marathon Handbook Podcast heads to Second City in Toronto for a live show during Toronto Waterfront Marathon weekend. Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci and Jessy

How to Travel for a Marathon: Packing, Expo Strategy & Pre-Race Food

Traveling for a race? On this week’s episode of The Marathon Handbook Podcast, Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr and Katelyn Tocci are joined by Jessy Carveth live from Michael’s l

2026 Chicago Marathon Instant Reaction

Michael, Alex and Katelyn react to the 2026 Chicago Marathon after recording their live watchalong. They cover the biggest surprises and key takeaways from the race. We

Vinny Mauri's Peak Week Training for Chicago is INSANE

How do you go from job-hunting after college to a 2:05:54 marathon, run in Toledo, in one year? Vinny Mauri did it, and now he’s one of the most talked-about American run

How to Adjust Your Pace for Changing Weather

Chicago Marathon weekend is almost here! Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr and Katelyn Tocci preview the race, then answer your questions. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: We love Wahoo’s KI

Can Nike's Zero Drop Super Shoe Beat the Adidas Evo 3?

Nike has announced three new race day shoes, and the headliner is the Nike Apex: a zero drop super shoe with 40mm of stack in both the heel and the forefoot, built to cha

Follow This Checklist For Your Marathon Debut

Running your first marathon this fall? Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr and Katelyn Tocci put together a complete race-week checklist, covering what to do and what to avoid before

Nike's Super Shoe Architect on the Alphafly 4, Zero-Drop Prototypes & What's Next

Nike's Bret Schoolmeester has worked on super shoes since the very first prototype. Michael Doyle and Alex Cyr sit down with him just after the launch of the Nike Alphafl

Our 2026 Berlin Marathon Instant Reactions, Live From Berlin!

We love Wahoo’s KICKR RUN treadmill – go to https://⁠wahoofitness.com⁠ and use promo code MHRUN to get a free $319 KICKR Headwind Fan with your treadmill order. Michael

Inside the 2027 Double London Marathon with CEO Hugh Brasher

What happens when the world's most popular marathon runs on two days? London Marathon CEO Hugh Brasher sits down with Jessy Carveth to talk about the 2027 Double London M

Brad Stulberg on Training Your Mind for Your Best Marathon

What does it take to believe you can run a sub-two-hour marathon? Bestselling author Brad Stulberg (The Way of Excellence, Master of Change, The Practice of Groundedness)

BONUS: Nike Is Betting Everything on the Alphafly 4

The Nike Alphafly 4 is here, the first update to the franchise in two years and eight months, and we have had our hands on it since November. Michael Doyle and Alex Cyr g

The Mental Side of Marathon Training (How to Get Beyond Bad Runs)

This week Michael, Katelyn, and Alex tackle a stacked mailbag of listener questions covering the toughest parts of marathon training: the ones that aren't about splits an

The Formula for Predicting Your Perfect Marathon Pace

Predicting your marathon race day pace is one of the trickiest parts of training: go out too conservative and you leave time on the table, go out too aggressive and you b

How to Balance Easy Miles & Threshold Training

In this episode of The Marathon Handbook Podcast, hosts Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr, and Katelyn Tocci dig into a stacked listener mailbag covering threshold training vs. eas

What Happened at the Sydney Marathon? | Our Instant Reactions

Is the Sydney Marathon a fast course, or one that eats you alive? Fresh off the 2026 race, we make both cases, work out how to actually run a PB here, and settle whether

Is Sydney the Toughest Marathon Major? Our On-the-Ground 2026 Preview

Our complete 2026 Sydney Marathon preview, reported from the ground in Sydney, plus the full interview with race director Wayne Larden (38:37). The course and how to race

How to Peak for a Marathon (Our EXACT Peak Weeks)

We're breaking down one of the most-asked-about topics in marathon training: the peak week. Michael and Alex pull back the curtain on what their own peak weeks actually l

2026 NYC Marathon Elite Field Preview

The 2026 New York City Marathon elite fields just dropped, and Michael and Alex are breaking down every contender... recorded fresh off a workout with Conner Mantz, Casey