InsideTracker, the personalized performance and nutrition platform, is supporting elite runner Shalane Flanagan as she takes on six Abbott World Marathon Majors over the course of seven consecutive weeks (with Tokyo a virtual race).
Adding to the challenge, Flanagan hopes to run them all in sub-three hour time. At this weekend’s Berlin Marathon she got off to a flying start with a time of 2:38:32, finishing 17th in the elite women’s race.
As a partner in the feat, InsideTracker will be providing weekly blood biometric testing to keep an eye on recovery, inflammation and performance related biomarkers. Flanagan will be consulting weekly with one of InsideTracker’s science team to look over the results. The company notes that it hopes to… ‘gather scientific insight that will help her and many others find the joy in doing what they love, and doing it for life.’
The personalized feedback will also help inform Flanagan’s strategy based on real-time nutrition, inflammation and recovery markers.
“InsideTracker is honoured to be an essential part of Shalane’s support team for Project Eclipse,” said Mariah Bridges, Director of Demand Generation at InsideTracker.
“Not only is it a remarkable demonstration of the personal strength and resilience that has placed Shalane among the world’s best, along the way we hope to gather scientific insight that will help her and many others find the joy in doing what they love, and doing it for life.”
Shalane Flanagan said “Coming off a year and a half where so much was taken away from us, this once-in-a-lifetime fall marathon season gives us all such a rare opportunity for the running community to finally come together on the roads again, to feel less broken and to reclaim our bodies and minds together.”
Due to COVID’s impact on race scheduling, this is the first year the six Majors – Berlin, London, Chicago, Boston, Tokyo (virtual) and New York City – will be run over seven consecutive weeks.
With travel logistics and time zone changes added to the already-daunting task of racing 26.2 miles in rapid succession, the insight Flanagan gets from weekly blood biometric analysis from the team at InsideTracker, paired with the performance support she receives regularly from the Nike Sport Research Lab, will help guide her training.
