How to Improve Your Running using MAF Training, with Jonathan Walton

MAF Training can improve endurance athletes of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Jonathan Walton is one of the fastest runners I’ve come across who has improved significantly over the past 4 years in his running and marathon performance, using low heart rate training.

He used to train all his runs fast around 6:30 – 7 min / mile (4:02 – 4:21 min / km). When he discovered MAF training, he had to slow down to a 9:30 min / mile (5:54 min / km). Although it was tough to run 3 minutes a mile slower at first, he was patient and improved significantly. Currently he runs 5:55 min / miles (3:41 min / km) at a low heart rate of 135 beats a minute! At age 49, he recently ran a 2:30 marathon and he has several big goals to break this soon.

I thought I had a good amount of experience with MAF training, however Jonathan is on another level with his deep knowledge on low heart rate training, nutrition, improving marathon performances and more. He shares a lot of great feedback and tips for athletes looking to improve their performance.

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