I enjoy running marathons, and plan on running at least one in every state. I have picked up a few tips and tricks along the way as I find out what works for me and what does not. This series of articles originally began as some random tips off of the top of my head that I knew my friends would read before their first marathon. Why should they make the same sorts of mistakes that I have, when a little foreknowledge could make it easier for them?
Well, through a random happenstance, the first two articles wound up being 9 bullet points each. I decided to carry that theme through for no particular reason, and so I now have nine articles about getting ready for a marathon that all have a list of nine items. Technically, this round up of all of the articles also has 9 bullet points, since I am listing each one.
The articles are listed below in the order that they were published in. This is not necessarily the best order in terms of what to tackle in a chronological sense, but they are all worth looking at so I left them in their original order.
- What to bring to the starting line
- What to pack in your post-race bag
- What to do the week before your race
- What to do the morning of your race
- What to do during your race
- What to do after your race
- What to do to stay safe
- Marathon strategies
- Choosing a marathon
- Marathons Don’t Have to Hurt!
- This Week Last Year: Marathon Preparation
- Marathon Question Conference Call Scheduled for Saturday
- Have you ever run a marathon?
- Marathon Questions Conference Call #2
October 31st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
[...] Blaine over at Run To Win has put together a nice series on Marathon Preparation. Check it out. [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 7:26 am
[...] Which leads nicely to Mr. Moore, who has updated his excellent collection of Marathon articles into one tidy summary page. [...]
April 12th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
[...] In fact, I am in the process of writing a more detailed book on marathon preparation that I hope people will find useful. I wrote a series of articles on marathon preparation last Autumn because I had a half dozen friends running their first marathons and I wanted to let them know some of the simple concepts that I’ve learned the hard way. I’ll have more details later this Spring if anybody is interested. [...]
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:23 am
[...] week last year I began my final preparations for the New York City marathon and completed my marathon preparation [...]
December 19th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
[...] Marathon Preparation Series article list was viewed more times than any other page besides my home page last year. I knew that [...]