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Matteo Sargenti

He is the founder of The Running Week, a runner, and a lifelong sports enthusiast dedicated to sharing practical advice, inspiring stories, and evidence-based training tips.

How to Make a Running Comeback After Taking Time Off

Ease back into running after a break with a simple 4-week reset: cut volume by 50%, start with 2 short runs weekly, ignore pace, use run-walk, add light strength, and build consistency before distance.

How to Run Without Getting Tired: 11 Practical Tips

Build endurance the smart way with 11 practical strategies: slow your pace, follow a plan, fuel and hydrate well, add cross-training and strength work, refine form, use warm-ups and intervals, and train your mind so longer runs feel easier and fatigue stays manageable.

Why Am I Struggling With Running?

Feeling bad at running is usually not about talent. It’s about fixable habits like skipping warm-ups, starting too fast, running too редко, avoiding hard sessions, neglecting strength and recovery, and judging yourself too harshly.

How to Lower Your Running Heart Rate: 5 Practical Tips for Beginners

This guide explains how slowing down, using run-walk intervals, building an aerobic base, improving recovery, and boosting efficiency can lower effort over time.

How to Build a Running Habit That Fits a Busy Schedule

Build a running habit that survives real life: small, repeatable runs (even 10 minutes) beat motivation every time.

Coaches Say Runners Need 4 Different Types of Long Runs for Better Training

Stop repeating the same long run every week. Coaches recommend rotating four long-run styles distance-focused, pace-based, social, and journey runs to build endurance, mimic race demands, and reduce burnout risk.

Harry Styles Breaks Three Hours at Berlin Marathon, Finishes Among Top 5% of 48,000 Runners

Harry Styles stunned marathon fans in Berlin 2025, running 2:59:13 under an alias and finishing 2,245th out of 48,000+

How to Build Endurance and Stamina Safely When Training in Warm Weather

Learn the real difference between endurance and stamina, then use smart pacing, cooler run times, hydration, and mental strategies to keep building fitness safely all season.

The Worst Things You Can Do During a Long Run

Long runs can be the most rewarding part of training, but a few common mistakes can turn them into a slog. Learn how to pace yourself, fuel and hydrate consistently, avoid untested gear, time workouts and meals wisely, dress for changing weather, and resist adding extra mileage.

6 Effects of Aging That Running Can Help Counteract

Regular running after 40 can help you stay strong and sharp by supporting heart health, slowing bone and muscle loss, improving digestion, protecting cognitive function, managing weight, and boosting confidence as your body changes with age.

Kenya’s Kennedy Kimutai Wins 2026 Paris Half Marathon as 50,000 Runners Fill the Streets

Paris welcomed 50,000 runners for the 2026 Paris Half Marathon, with Kennedy Kimutai and Ftaw Zeray taking the wins as crowds cheered along the Seine and through the Bois de Vincennes.

LA Marathon Allows Runners to Finish at 18 Miles Due to Heat Forecast

Los Angeles Marathon organizers are adding a heat-safety option: if race-day temperatures climb too high, runners may stop just after mile 18 and still receive a finisher medal. With forecasts rising from 12–13°C at the 7 a.m. start to 25–27°C by midday, the McCourt Foundation says the goal is preventing dangerous heat illness.