How I’m Training to Run a Sub 4-hour Marathon

Mike McMillan
5 min readOct 21, 2021
Photo by Capstone Events on Unsplash

For the past four years or so I have been training for and running ultramarathons, from 50Ks to 100Ks, along with running the Pikes Peak Marathon twice and doubling (doing the ascent on Saturday and the marathon on Sunday) once.

Due to some changes in my life, I have decided to drop down from ultramarathon distances for awhile and work on my marathon racing. Specifically, I want to…

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Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan writes about computer programming and running. See more of his writing and courses at https://mmcmillan.gumroad.com.