Christian's marathon

While for most people running a marathon is the goal of a lifetime, for the Red Bull X-Alps athletes jogging 42km is just another part of their extensive endurance training.

Austrian athlete Christian Amon recently completed a marathon distance session in 3hr 38min around the streets of his home town, Hallstatt.

"Christian ran his in just over 3hrs 30 mins with his average heart rate (HR) at 80% of maximum," says coach Eddie Fletcher. "The logfile shows a steady HR for just over 2 hours and then a gradual drift upwards to peak at 88% of his maximum.

"His average speed was 12 kph and total calories consumed were 2900, slightly less than Aidan's walk/ run marathon where he used up 3200kcal, but his hourly consumption was significantly more - 800kcal/h compared to Aidan's 600kcal/h.

"All in all, this is a good demonstration of even pace running and great endurance training."

Tip: check out Eddie's Suunto t6c Running Guide for advice and information on getting the best out of your Suunto heart rate monitor and training.