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EP 253 : How To Run A Sub 2:50 Hrs Marathon - Vaibhav Prabhakar
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Vaibhav is a runner next door whose story will make you relate with you and inspire you to get out of the door and start running yourself. He was an absolute beginner up until 2021, struggled with Bronchitis and had never run before. Since then, he has come a long way and he is only getting started.
Vaibhav spent time in being consistent, stayed disciplined and relentlessly prioritized his fitness.
He then debuted in a marathon at Rome in 2025 and got to the finish line in an impressive time of 3:03. He improvised it in Paris a month later to xxxx. He stayed patient, trained further and clocked an even more impressive finish time of 2:48:50 in 2026 London Marathon. Did you know he cramped at around 29 kms and so he had to cut back on his paces in the remaining 13 kms. If he stays on track, he may very well be running a much faster time in the months and years to come.
In this episode we cover:
- How setbacks from UPSC results and bronchitis did not deter him from getting fitter, and eventually faster
- Why two years of 10 kilometres a day with no watch and no plan built a large aerobic base
- How Vaibhav went from 3:03 at Rome to 2:48 at London in under a year
- The 26-week training block that took him from 60 kilometres a week to 100 to 110 kilometres a week
- How interval sessions with his run club, Clapham Chasers, brought his 5K time from 18:30 to 17:16
- What went wrong at London — cramping at 28km due to a complete lack of electrolytes — and what he would do differently
- How a corporate lawyer in London manages to train twice a day while working long hours
- Why discipline, not talent, is the only thing that separates people who achieve from people who do not
About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale, and Reliance before coming up with the idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and helping beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
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