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Inside Athletica April

Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read

Welcome to Inside Athletica April edition.​
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The Workout Wizard is now live for everyone - including inside the mobile app. Smarter swaps, better context, and more flexibility when life doesn’t go to plan.

We’re also actively working on upgrading the AI Coach. The feedback you’ve been sending has been incredibly valuable - keep it coming.

With summer around the corner, many of you are heading into marathon blocks. This is where consistency, smart adjustments, and staying healthy really start to matter.

And a big good luck to everyone racing this weekend: Ironman Texas, Manchester Marathon, and Boston Marathon. We’re cheering you on!

Finally, if you haven’t yet, join our Strava Club and mark your calendar for our Virtual 5K on June 13. It’s a simple way to stay connected, add a little spark to your training, and run it together, wherever you are. Are you or a friend just starting out, join our free Couch to 5K Kickstarter program, no tech required!

Athlete Questions

"Why don't you have me run 35 km before my marathon?"

This is a question we often get when athletes view their plan. It's a fair question. If the race is 42.2 km, it seems logical to run close to that distance in training. Shouldn't we practice what we're about to do?

Read some of the questions on forum, then check out the blog on running after.

From Our Partners

What I Wish I Knew When I Started Coaching

Behind every great training plan is something even more powerful: the relationship.

In this partner blog, coach Paul Warloski shares what actually makes athletes improve over time, and it’s not just intervals, zones, or perfectly structured weeks. It’s communication, trust, and knowing when an athlete needs reassurance more than another hard session.

If you’ve ever wondered what coaching should really feel like alongside tools like Athletica, this is worth the read.

From the Blog

Why You Don't Need a 35 km Long Run

35 km sounds like confidence. In reality, for most runners, it’s just extra fatigue.

After about 2.5–3 hours, the training stimulus plateaus — but the cost keeps climbing. Form slips, recovery drags, and the sessions that actually move the needle start to suffer.

Better marathon prep isn’t about proving you can survive the distance. It’s about building the durability, aerobic engine, and pacing discipline to run the full 42.2 km well.

On the Podcast

Move Better, Perform Better with Erin Carson

Endurance athletes love to chase fitness. Erin Carson is here to remind us: if you don’t move well, you’re just building speed on a shaky chassis. In this episode, Erin breaks down why many athletes are already “strong enough,” but get held back by stiffness, poor mechanics, and inefficient patterns, and how small, consistent mobility + coordination work can unlock “easy speed,” reduce injury risk, and keep you training for the long haul.

A few takeaways you’ll feel immediately:

• Better movement lowers energy cost (free speed)

• Ankles, hips, and thoracic spine drive most mobility bottlenecks

• Tiny routines done often beat complicated programs done rarely

• Strength should support movement quality — not compromise it.

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