A great MARATHON depends on the long run

[@tobyirvine]

“The purpose of training is not to massage your ego.”, worth the watch alone. Thanks, Stephen!

[@stephenscullion262]

Telling myself this at times also, believe it or not the better you get, you develop a bigger ego, that you should crush sessions etc.. running we should remind ourselves almost daily “back to ground zero” back to work. Remove that ego and just work

[@ConorOD451]

I skipped my long run today. Was supposed to be 30km - 10km easy, 10km at MP, 10km easy. No real excuse - just laziness. The fact that this video was the first thing I saw when I opened KZbin is a clear sign I need to subscribe (and stop skipping my long runs!)

[@stephenscullion262]

Haha yes

[@Runner1297]

Stephen you are heaven sent, thanks for your humbleness and wisdom.

[@stephenscullion262]

That’s very kind, and appreciated

[@jamesterrance2757]

Completed a late night long run yesterday which i didnt really want to do but got it done. 25k in total with 15k in total at marathon pace. Dark and raining but was happy with completing it and feeling pretty strong. Great videos and content mate keep them up!

[@galaxytechnology]

Thank you Stephen. Very good to know that even the elite's don't smash every session. So humble and encouraging. You have helped me realize that when I have a "bad" session and feel deflated, I should embrace it as a positive part of the journey. Keep up the great work. Thanks again and good luck with your 2025 training.

[@tylerstogsdill]

I did not realize the half tights were only $32. That’s an unbelievable price for the quality of the tights. I remember paying $90 for Nike half tights, plus tax and shipping. Even if they lasted 1/3 of the volume of the Nike tights(which isn’t the case), at least I could switch up the style more often without sacrificing a week’s groceries. Ordering a pair now.

[@greertops]

Best KZbinr about. Incredible insight from an elite athlete but made in such a way that it is easy to digest and take on board for us normal runners

[@SantaCruzRunner]

The year of race pace, love this! Gonna take the mantra that workouts should be hard and try to work my way up intelligently to push hard enough to failure. No reason I should be afraid of failed workouts setting ambitious goals. Injury free and pushing hard race pace in 2025!

[@ryanf9028]

I’m a 44 year old tile setter. 9 kids, tons of financial responsibilities. 3 weeks ago my back was so messed up I could barely walk. Been going to the dr, and pushing through with runs I’ve ran 65 miles in the last 2 weeks, and ran 10 miles today at 9:37 pace (mile). No excuses. LFG

[@Thewolf_365]

Yeah buddy love hearing that !!! I'm a 39 year old framer & I'm doing the same training for a 100 miler & want to be in the hunt for victory

[@ryanf9028]

Nice!!! We got this. That’s exactly my ultimate goal too. I want to show my kids that we can do anything we want with patience, determination, discipline and perseverance 💪

[@JimmyDeanBallistic]

@@ryanf9028hell yea boys. 40 year old under ground miner, going for a half marathon win this year! Let’s kick ass and not make excuses!

[@DB-qs9ce]

I took a 17.5 mile long run today with 27 x 90 seconds and 90 seconds recovery. Reps meant to match or be slightly quicker than MP. I started well around 6:35 per rep but this dipped to 7:00 per mile pace by the end of them. Felt weak but at the same time positive. Getting back into things after suffering an injury and rebuilding my confidence. What is said in this video - that if the LR is tough, then it's what you need - that really helps to hear. Running's not meant to be easy after all.

[@JanHerriger]

Hi Stephen. Receiving that many useful information from a marathon legend is highly appreciated! Thanks for sharing everything here on this channel, it's stellar content.

[@kristianvesamaki7809]

Your videos are fantastic. I have improved my running so much because of you. Thank you!

[@barry5138]

Scull, run Belfast on 4th May and take that 🥇

[@Kevin-m5o8b]

A timely video from the Lion. I've been struggling with back to back long runs. Thanks for the reminder that long runs are supposed to be hard.

[@RunningAllTheTyne]

Great video, love hearing about the training you did with others and the fact you didn’t always manage to finish runs. It’s important for people to realise that happens to everyone, it’s consistency and building over time that count!

[@belahu]

I'm getting ready for my first full marathon this year. I can't tell you how happy I am to have found (and subscribed to) your channel to help me think about the different elements I can consider on my way to the big event(s) coming up this and the next years. You make it easy to follow and the whole design of your channel is just easily accessible and easy to follow. I do have to keep my km/m conversion table open in another tab (lol!).

[@scottrobinson4611]

Great timing on this video! I'm easing in to my first marathon plan after a minor injury and illness right before my plan was to start. Next week I'm doing 80-90% of the plan's mileage, and ignoring the 'marathon pace' part, just building up the miles before I add pace. I'll definitely be coming back to this video on a regular basis for your advice on long runs. Today was only 15k, but that pretty quickly gets up to 24-32k.

[@raywalsh4559]

Stephen, thanks great insight , stay positive, you will smash the April marathon- you best one ever 🏃‍♂️

[@ElMexipon]

Ngl. The long runs are a completely humbling experience. Thanks Stephen!

[@TheMazi85]

So true! My best results were after training blocks were I had the longest long runs.

[@jaerdahl]

I went out this morning in 26°F to do a 16 mile long run. First 8 easy, last 8 race pace. It was brutally windy so I went inside and ran the race pace miles on the treadmill. Just happy I got it done.

[@Saul909]

Thank you for the advices ! Looking forward to watching your content in that new era.

[@chinpoeykhoo6261]

I've started to run more mileage at race pace even I'm a slow runner just to get my body goes easy with the race pace with the mileage stacked up days & months!

[@CzakoRobert]

Great video!Thx! I finished the first week of the plan, and the long run went better than I expected😀. It's still hard for me to run at the pace I was capable of last year or two years ago, but slowly I'll get back! From week 2, I plan to start doing activation routines; I've never done anything before running... the warm-up was always the first 2-3 km. I have to fight with my brain 🤕 and start following 100% of what's written in your plan.

[@kennethbell8698]

Great advice. Much appreciated!!

[@paulmorton8959]

Another banger of a video - really helpful - cheers mate

[@justaguy2567]

Hope your channel grows!

[@fierdragpykeoryas7130]

Great video! Do you have a video on how to increase weekly mileage without getting injured? I’m a newer runner trying to increase from 50-80k a week but seem to be getting small tweaks in my foot when I try to push my mileage (prob too quickly) which I don’t want to make worse and hence skip runs.

[@Chris-dw3xl]

Great advice totally agree with the long run very important

[@robertkierans5400]

Great advice , I bought a pair of the marathon half tights , brilliant quality so comfortable, be definitely getting more gear 👌

[@gunnershady]

Runs @4:55-5:05 min/mile - Scullion Miles

[@giovanniguerreiro8640]

Keep the good work man!

[@LYNXHQ]

Solid advice! Love these videos!

[@axebrynner]

Love it mate. Very clear evidence there is more than one way to get it done but they all should incorporate MP to sharpen your effort.

[@Lummers70]

Great advice, thank you !!

[@Stevenc1984]

Great video Stephen!

[@richwoolterton5279]

Great video as always, my favourite channel, keep them coming please. Thank you

[@alfdickinson1971]

I fucking love Ed-209! Well Done you for achieving that experience and sharing it. Your the Best!

[@mnegline1971]

what a timely video!!!! cheers mate

[@Claire-rl1jn]

Thanks for this video! It’s very helpful ☺️ I like the idea if categorising and alternating my long runs like this.

[@iagoferreira-b1v]

Great content, mate. Thanks for sharing the knowledge..

[@binbill]

Thank you for reminding!

[@mervwignall5822]

Great content as always! My long run is about the half marathon normally, I’ve taken it up to 30K, but I really struggle to do one weekly. They seem to compromise my training for a couple of weeks afterwards.

[@saidneill1731]

Thank you, lovin the videos 🤩 brilliant advice. Really helpful information 👌 👍🏽

[@mikes5764]

Great video again, thanks a lot! Ego shouldn't complain, but learn to embrace the experience of what it actually takes to run at raceday pace. I'm going to build up my longruns according your advice here and implement that figure too, #km@MP/week, that's a great idea 🙂! Maybe split it into MP and threshold pace, because I think threshold has it's own place in marathontraining.

[@horstbeham5756]

Vienna City Marathon is on April 6th. It will be my 1st marathon ever and I'm looking forward to it. Good course if someone wants to set a new PB

[@joakimlandhage5611]

Thanks for all these videos. Been a subscriber for 1 1/2 year and learnt so much from your content. Never heard any shoe talk from you but that would be interesting to hear your opinion about that also even if youtube has alot of it. Going for sub 3 in Copenhagen 11th May and you are a big inspiration for even attempting it. Thanks again and will look into your website for some half tights for race day.

[@stephenscullion262]

They’re fab, and I’m sure you’ll be happy

[@bananadude9642]

Wow.. so simple but so true…the purpose of training is not to massage your ego. Thanks!!!

[@ranliu4367]

Great as always thanks!

[@StickSeason75]

Great video Stephen, thank you for very insightful advices! However, I wonder, how us less experience runner can determine what our race pace will be? I can have a goal or a "wish" of how fast would I like to run on a race day, but how do I actually know if my goal is realistic and feasible?

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

The Hamburg Marathon is in april if you're still looking for a nice race to sign up for. As for the long run, just did one of Jack Daniels' sessions with 4mi easy, 2 x 6mi marathon pace with a 1mi easy recovery and did a 2mi cooldown. I hate how I feel in the second marathon pace repeat, but know that it's just what I need, to be ready come race day. Even if it sucks, you're gaining those XP points.

[@stephenscullion262]

It’s full

[@scottrobinson4611]

Belfast Marathon is on 4th May, Stephen!

[@THAT.ONE.LIFE.]

Great Video, makes me wanna go on a long run 💪🏻 Zürich Marathon is in April 😉

[@solotch2804]

What are your thoughts on long runs > 26.2 at slower than MP vs. long runs < 26.2 at faster than MP?

[@brobeans7788]

Run the Brew City Marathon in MKE on April 20. Thanks for the great content!

[@Tritiuminducedfusion]

Do you people think he can run every 💩y marathon and be everywhere? 🙄

[@lefterisnydras4860]

Amazing video my friend, thank you very much!

[@darkervx]

great video, waiting for those shoe reviews🙂

[@ady110fv]

Fantastic video just subscribed and the old saying you only get out of it what you put into it simple eh

[@massi888]

thank you for sharing, great video

[@boaz9798]

Great video, thank you

[@Moesu913]

Great video!

[@irawhitlock1084]

Ty Sculley!

[@jconcoffee]

Good point about training not meant to massage your ego. I woke up at half 4 this morning in the freezing cold for my 14 mile run. Nothing massages your ego less than frosty fingers and cold toes. Soothing it was not! Run itself was quite tough as it was definitely not a flat route and adding in some MP efforts along the way definitely felt like a slog. BUT. These are the runs that will get me to the start and finish line.

[@cortert103]

Would love to see you review shoes. I'd watch you talk about anything to be honest, keep up the great work

[@SuperTreybo]

Any advice for long time runners who struggle to run 4 hour marathons? Would it be better to run more mileage build bigger base 50-60 miles build better aerobic base get under 4 hours. Long runs r tough as 4 plus hour marathon runner takes over 3 get 20 milers

[@kevinclark5086]

First marathon i got my longest long run up to 21 miles. But I have an ankle issue and I think these long runs didn't help and caused too much strain before the race. I'm running Manchester in April so going to try a different approach by running more weekly volume and shortening the long runs. What's your thoughts on splitting long runs up in same day? Like 10 in the morning and 8 on an evening? I understand it's not ideal but I don't have an ideal situation so need to work around it.

[@JuanGonzalez-wi8sj]

Coach ,!finish week 13 of you training 22 miles long run ,felt a pain in my left knee after 20 mile. What can you recommend for knee pain ? To help and avoid pain

[@theolderigetthefasteriwas3381]

Gotta ask, have you ever seen the film Any given Sunday and in particular the scene where coach Pacino is imploring his team to fight for every inch? Your speech around 9/10 mins in of this video reminded me of that. Keep on sharing your insights. Great stuff.

[@stephenscullion262]

Of course, world class scene

[@stevenmcnamee1880]

For someone who has just ran 1:28 for the half and is hoping to break 3 hours for the marathon in Cork on the June bank holiday, what is the best approach to step up the mileage and maintain or improve the pace for the marathon. Ive covered up to 26km during the training block for the half and won't be starting to train for Cork until the middle of Feb. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@stephenscullion262]

Sub 3 plan on 262clo.com progresses the LR beautifully, but be sensible and manage your progression to ensure you stay healthy : absorb the training

[@eastcruisers]

🎉🎉🎉 manchester!!!

[@Martinplss]

crazy beard scully

[@miketitus3592]

have a great 2025🏃‍♂

[@matthijs07]

April marathon can only be one -> Rotterdam

[@stephenscullion262]

Full

[@DuncanEpping]

@@stephenscullion262surely a sponsor can help here!

[@DuncanEpping]

Rotterdam, fast and flat!

[@stephenscullion262]

Full sadly

[@danmbexe]

❤