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The Start of Joggling Marathon Training by Perry R. Patient Expert

... hat was going on on the court below me. I really enjoy playing basketball. But I’m in training mode now. No more b-ball [...]Filed under: Chicago, Joggling, Joggling life, Marathons, Training Log, Training Tips | No Comments » Read on »

Announcing a Marathon Training Plan by Allen Patient Expert

... . In addition, after my fall-back weeks, my plan has the runner returning to the distance just before the fall-back instead of jumping to a new distance. In order to provide marathon training with less stress and less risk of injury, my plan has a longer training period. It requires a minimum of 25 weeks for a marathon and 17 weeks for a half mara ... Read on »

FIRST Marathon Training Assessment by Perry R. Patient Expert

While reading the excellent Half-Fast running blog, I noticed that Vanilla was going to try the FIRST marathon training program. This is a program in which you get to “run less often and still get faster”. It’s the 3-day a week marathon training program. Great concept.I dec ... Read on »

Marathon Training Plan for This Week by Katherine H. Healthy Living Professional

I really need to get my act together in terms of training for the marathon I will be running at the end of April. I need to run at least 18 miles for my long run by the middle of April, which will give me two weeks to taper. So for this wee ... Read on »

Marathon Training? by Tekko Healthy Living Professional

Over the course of the past few years since I have been involved with the RL TNR, on and off I met people who have signed up for a full marathon and who do not have any inkling of how to go about training for it. In fact some of these people do not even intend to train for it. When they told me they were just ... Read on »

Marathon training by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Many runners have the mistaken impression that they have to run a lot of miles every week to be able to run fast in a marathon. Most will find that running too many miles slows them down. To run fast in races, you have to run very fast in practice. However, on the day after you run very fast, ... Read on »

Marathon Training Finally Gets Better by Perry R. Patient Expert

With only 32 days left until the London Marathon, I can finally report a couple of good workouts. On Sunday, I did a 19 mile joggling run in 2:34. Not particularly fast, but light years better than the previous we ... Read on »

Marathon training – Building the core by Perry R. Patient Expert

The training schedule I’m following is one that has 3 “hard” days, 1 “moderate” day and 2 “easy” days of running. I even get to take one day off a week if I want. That means no ... Read on »

A look at the Long Run and marathon training. by Gary D. Patient Expert

Posted by garyd Digg! this story . A look at the Long Run and marathon training. marathon , injury prevention , sports psychology , long runs , double long weekends No Comments » The long run is usually viewed as the center piec ... Read on »

Marathon Training Programs by Marathon Mommies !. Patient Expert

Call me INSANE, but apparantly I have the guts to sign up for the Ogden Marathon for next year. I have decided that now is my time, regardless of the awful half I just did. Training is HARD on me. My body does not like the fact that my mind wan ... Read on »