The Physiology of Endurance Running Podcast · Dan Nash and Owain Zerilli

Seville Marathon Recap

·1 hr 15 min·5 clips

A third 200k week, a hard double session, and a canal run left Dan with an ankle diagnosis.

1. The Physiology of Endurance Running Podcast episode is a Seville Marathon recap centered on Dan Nash’s 211 performance. 2. Host Owen and Jen speak with Dan Nash, a 211 marathoner, while Jen adds race-context and training commentary. 3. The episode asks why Seville produced a result far better than Dan’s 212-to-216 expectation after a disrupted buildup. 4. Dan says he lost six days of running, then needed another week before any intensity after an ankle problem. 5. He links the injury to a third 200k week, a hard canal session, and a perineal tendon diagnosis from Podium Physiotherapy. 6. Dan says the biggest session in that block was 4 by 3k, and it felt hard despite being slower than marathon pace. 7. He also says a second evening workout of 3 by a mile and 5 by 1k likely pushed him too far on tired legs. 8. The hosts discuss how Dan kept training with biking and rehab instead of panicking about the setback. 9. Dan says his expectations were deliberately muted because Valencia had felt wrong even when the training data looked strong. 10. He contrasts Seville with Valencia by saying Seville felt like a better psychological fit from the first miles. 11. Dan explains that hot-bath training may have shifted his heart-rate thresholds and made the early marathon data look strangely low. 12. He says 165 bpm started to feel like threshold, even though he used to think of 170 as a normal LT2 marker. 13. Dan says the first 5k came through around 14:23 on his watch, which already looked like a strong pace. 14. He and Alex Milne spent most of the race together, and Dan says neither of them would have run as hard alone. 15. Dan says the course got twistier near the end, especially around Plaza de España and the cobblestones at about 39k. 16. He says the final kilometres forced him off his planned rhythm and made the race feel much harder than the earlier splits suggested. 17. The conversation is informal, technical, and filled with back-and-forth checks on splits, heart rate, and race logistics. 18. The tone stays analytical but relaxed, with the hosts asking Dan to explain training decisions and in-race sensations in detail. 19. Best for runners interested in marathon pacing, injury comeback, and Seville. 20. Skip if you want a short, non-technical race summary without training detail.

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