Weekly Newsletter 22 July 2026

This week's newsletter has interesting articles, including strength training for runners, and the minimum weekly mileage for marathon success.

Interesting Articles

Mindfulness may help marathon runners cope with "hitting the wall"

The Conversation takes a look at 3 mindfulness strategies for dealing with hitting the wall during a marathon.

Strength training for runners

Gymshark looks at how to improve your running performance by lifting weights, covering why strength training matters for runners, followed by 17 exercises with videos to show you how to do them, and what benefits they have for you as a runner.

The minimum weekly mileage for marathon success

Coaches break down the lowest number of miles you can do to safely and successfully complete the distance at Runners World.

Why hitting the trails can make you a better runner

Canadian Running is not converting you to trail running completely, just giving you a little nudge to try it out.

Recent updates

To find out what's been recently updated, check the recent updates page regularly for date changes, event postponements and cancellations. Check out the full calendar of upcoming events.

Until next week...

Have a great running week!

Mise le meas,
Jane, Chris & Sam
The Running Calendar Team