Mark Allen's Running Specifics: Target Training For a Great Triathlon Run

Part of the RACE-MANIA line-up of clinics and workshops, in this 60-minute workshop 6x IRONMAN Triathlon World Champion and IRONMAN University Master Coach Mark Allen will detail the specifics of how to become a great runner in triathlons. YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE RACE-MANIA ALL DAY PASS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP.

In this 60-minute workshop, 6x IRONMAN Triathlon World Champion and IRONMAN University Master Coach Mark Allen will detail the specifics of how to become a great runner in triathlons. Mark Allen will highlight some of the myths about what that takes and their potential for injury and burnout as well as provide training advice that really works to improve your run in a triathlon. He will also explain why a great run in a triathlon is not just about running and how you can use cycling and swimming to improve your race run. Mark will share the principles that enabled him to post a 29:59 10k PR on the roads and set a marathon course record of 2:40:04 at the IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii that stood for 27-years. Attendees will also learn:

1. Key run workouts to do each week as well as how they transition as you go through a season.
2. Specifics of brick training and why it may not be what you think.
3. Balance and functional work to improve your run and reduce injury.

Mark Allen is a 6x Ironman Triathlon World Champion and Ironman University Master Coach. He is arguably the most successful triathlete of all time winning 66 of the 96 races he entered in his career. Mark won the first ever ITU Olympic Distance World Championships in 1989, had a winning streak of 21 races at all distance from 1988-1990, and was voted The Greatest Endurance Athlete of All Time in a worldwide poll conducted by ESPN  in 2012. Today he coaches athletes in over 50 countries, speaks to corporations and leads seminars throughout the world. 

This 60 minute workshop begins at 10:00am and takes place in one of the classroom breakout rooms inside the BU Fit Rec Center, home of all other RACE-MANIA clinics & workshops, plus the day's seminars and the expo.