Why I Think People Struggle With The Maffetone Method and How You Can Improve Your Running. We all come up with reasons why the maffetone training method doesn't work.  People struggle with the maffetone method because of multiple reasons such as running too fast,  not eating well or not sleeping enough.  All these things have an impact on your running and in today's podcast, I'll talk about the things you can do to improve your maffetone training by running smart.