From 4:30 to sub-3 Hour Marathon: Former RC Athlete Jonathan Tolksdorf Shares his Top Lessons for Marathon Success

Jonathan’s Tolksdorf is a true RC success story. He took up
running with no sports background and through a combination of
hard work and learning from his mistakes, has lowered his
marathon PB to 2:52 while running 169 marathons since his first
in 2000. He was one of the first RC athletes back in 2012 and
joined us from his hometown of Lahti Finland to share the lessons
that helped him to take over an hour and a half off of his
marathon time.


Jonathan reached out to us about sharing his running story and
after reading about his experience in the sport, we knew this
would be a great conversation. He is somebody with a genuine
passion for the sport and a willingness to learn. Today, he
shares the lessons that have been the most important to his
improvement. 


During the show, you’ll hear from Jonathan about his training
including:


How more structured training with RC helped him to run his
first sub-3 marathon

Why flexibility is important in your training

Why it can be detrimental to put too much pressure on your
workouts

Ways you can improve your taper strategy to feel good on race
day 

How to find purpose in your running



What makes this story so relatable is that Jonathan has many of
the same goals and has made so many of the same mistakes as just
about any new marathoner. He has some great insights for other
runners and I’m excited to share them with you.
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