Training for your first half-marathon
We're all different and can train at different levels. Here are my thoughts for your consideration (I'm assuming you're training for your first half)1. Work up to 35-40 miles per week, doing one long ...
Strength Training During Marathon Training
As runners, sometimes we tend to put so much focus on leg strength, we neglect to work the rest of our bodies. Even when training for a marathon, it’s important to add some resistance training a coupl ...
Mom gives birth to sextuplets, then trains for...
I saw a story on TV last night about a woman who gave birth to sextuplets, and after coming home with the babies and they started to grow, began training for a marathon with walks with the children (i ...
Gaining Weight and Gaining Fat During Marathon...
To my dismay, I gained 12 pounds over the 3 months I trained for my first marathon. I tried to console myself with the belief that it was new muscle mass. But it's impossible to gain that much muscl ...
Marathon
I was trainning last fall to run the Disney Marathon the first week in January, but the combination of a busy academic schedule and physical problems (plantar fasciitis and shin splints) led to me dis ...
Preparing for a marathon
Participating in a marathon requires an amazing amount of commitment and motivation. And it is easier to say than put it into practice. A good motivation technique to realize a goal is to imagine as ...
Great Info About Marathoning!
Runner's World has a great series of articles in their recent "Marathoning 101" section. Marathon coaches measure success not by how many runners they get to the starting line, but by how many of the ...
Hello Marathon Runners!
Hello all! My name is Nikki and I am this groups moderator. I started this group because I intend to run the 2008 LA Marathon in March. I thought I'd begin training during the summer, but now that Sep ...
I Ran a Marathon!
I did it! I ran my third half marathon in April and soon after started training for a full marathon. I followed a great training program and this past Sunday, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon! It wa ...
