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Endure Prime Running

Endure Prime Running

Written by: Bjorn-Ivar Sigbjornsen
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Endure Prime is a running podcast designed to help you run better — physically and mentally. Each episode delivers practical training tips, mindset strategies, and motivation to help runners of all levels improve performance, build consistency, and enjoy the process. Whether you’re chasing a new PR or simply want to feel stronger on your runs, Endure Prime is here to help you keep going.

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Episodes
  • Episode 16: The 5K Training Guide - Part 1
    May 29 2026

    In this first part of the 5K training guide, Bjørn-Ivar Sigbjørnsen looks at what the 5K really asks from a runner and why the distance is more than just a short hard effort. The episode covers how to start from the runner you are today, why easy running matters, how harder sessions should have a clear purpose, and why the body needs time to adapt before race fitness shows up.


    The episode also explains how different workouts support different needs, from short faster running and 5K-specific intervals to threshold work and hills. Recovery between reps is discussed as part of the workout itself, including when standing, walking, or easy jogging can change the purpose and effect of a session.


    Heart rate, pace, feeling, and lactate are presented as useful tools when they support the bigger picture, rather than numbers that should control every decision. Bjørn-Ivar also shares an honest update on his own Sub-20 5K project at age 57, including why speed takes more patience now than when he was younger, and why staying healthy and keeping daily running in his life matters more than forcing a goal too quickly.


    The episode closes by introducing Part 2, which will continue with recovery, sleep, fueling, strength training, injury signals, race week, pacing, and the mental side of the 5K.

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    44 mins
  • Episode 15: 1:59:30 – Marathon Special
    May 15 2026

    In this marathon special, I take a closer look at Sabastian Sawe’s 1:59:30 in London and why it felt like more than just another world record. With three runners under the previous world record in the same race, this episode looks at what may have shifted at the very front of the marathon.


    We go into what made the run so remarkable, why this counts as the first official sub-two marathon, and why the negative split tells us something important about how the distance may now be raced. We also spend time on the harder questions around trust and testing, and on the practical side of performance, including shoes, high-carb fueling, bicarbonate, weather, race execution, and marathon-specific training.


    The episode closes by bringing the conversation back to regular runners. What can ordinary marathoners actually use from a performance like this? How should training, pacing, fueling, and long-term development be understood in light of what we saw in London? This is a calm and thoughtful look at one of the biggest moments the marathon has ever had.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 14: From Spring Strength to Summer Speed
    Apr 29 2026

    Spring has given many runners a base of strength, consistency, and momentum. Now the question is how to use it well. In this episode, Bjørn-Ivar looks at the shift from spring strength toward summer speed, using Faith Kipyegon as a profile of calm, efficient running built over time.


    The episode explores how speed works best when it grows out of a steady foundation, not when it is forced too quickly. There is a workout idea built around controlled effort and quicker rhythm, a nutrition spotlight on feeling light without under-fuelling, and an injury check-in focused on the lower legs, calves, achilles, and feet as faster running returns.


    For masters runners, the focus is on adding speed without overloading the week: one clear quality session, one longer aerobic run, small touches of pace, and enough recovery to absorb the work. The Sub-20 project update brings the same theme back to real training life, where the base is present but race readiness still needs time.

    A calm episode about choosing the next phase carefully, protecting continuity, and letting quicker running come from support rather than urgency.

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    51 mins
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