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Joe has 14 videos covering several topics. 

Joe English talks about his favorite topic “The 5 H’s of Hurt”

There are many training plans available.  The one fact is that you need a plan that fits your level of fitness and you personal needs, abilities, and preferences.  I noticed in my many years of running and trying many combination and examining many training publications, there are core rules and there are personal preferences.  The core rules cover about 3 to 5 day a week, consisting of LSD (Long Slow Distance) and rest.  The remainder, while important, is up to you.

The links below are from my own experiences and several noted running experts.  This list will be expanding as time permits:

5 Kilometers

• Hal Higdon The most Popular racing Distance

10 Kilometers

• Hal Higdon Run your fastest at this popular racing distance 

1/2 Marathon

• Hal Higdon 1/2 Marathon 12 week Training

Marathon

• Hal Higdon Marathon Training Guide

Ultra marathons

• Hal Higdon Ultra Marathon 24 weeks to 50 mile race

I notice over my running career that no matter what the distance, at some point in a race my mind tends to loss focus on the object.  I slow down, feel like my body won’t respond and this usually causes me to lose my overall running objective for the day.  Usually after this slow down I figure out that I’m not so tire and I return to my pace for the last stretch.  In the meantime, my PR or race goal has slipped away.

When I have had races were I’ve overcome this I would prepare myself for this eventuality and could usually get though it with little impact on my over all pace and the result were more satisfactory.

I just ran across this article by Matt Fitzgerald. Thanks @sairbear of Twitter.   Matt writes:

"Whatever the specific cause, hitting the wall in a marathon–or any other run–is the result of some type of functional breakdown within the muscles that impairs their ability to function at the desired level. Right?

Wrong. Cutting-edge research in exercise physiology demonstrated that fatigue is seldom, if ever, caused exclusively by events that occur within the muscles. Fatigue is actually caused by the brain, which reduces its electrical stimulation of the muscles and produces feelings of discomfort to prevent any real damage from happening to the muscles or other organs."

If you would like to BUY Matt’s book on Brain Training click on the link to the left.

For complete story go read Train Your Brain for Marathon Success

It will happen more often the more competitive you run.  In any case, be sure that your training and your prerace preparation address this and you will be able to manage to your satisfaction.