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…
Saving the best for last, and what probably should have been the first article, I would like to share a few of things to consider when you are choosing which marathon you want to run. This is not a comprehensive list, but just the first few questions that spring to mind when I start thinking…
Last week I wrote about how to prepare for, run, and recover from your marathon. This week I would like to write a few articles that focuses a little more upon decisions that you need to make about your marathon. One decision that you need to make is what sort of strategy you are going…
The Marine Corps Marathon was this morning. Ruben Garcia ran about a minute faster than last year, but it was not necessary to repeat his win. He beat Carl Rundell by over 3 minutes. Laura Thompson was unable to break 3 hours, but she won by about 2 minutes over Brenda Schrank. The top 5…
The New York City marathon is one week from today. That means that the Marine Corps Marathon was this morning. I have looked at the results already, but I am waiting for a more official version of them before sharing. My last few weeks have been right around 30 miles, so I feel well tapered….
This week last year I mostly wrote about the race that I had run the weekend before, with a few news notes towards the end of the week. I wrote about the Mystic Places Marathon three times last year. After the initial article describing the race, I wrote about my race experience as well as…
Dean Karnazes ran the Maine Marathon leg of his 50 marathons on October 17th. Don Penta was there taking photographs, which you can see over at Maine Running Photos. If you look in pictures 22 and 76, you can see me in the background or off to the left side at the beginning and starts…
Keeping yourself safe during your marathon does not have to be big ordeal. Being safe will allow you to enjoy your run and worry less, and can make sure that you get yourself through the finish line. Very few of the safety measures that you can take will actually require any thought during your race;…
You have just run a marathon. Congratulations! You should be proud of yourself. The trick now is to recover from it so that you can be as comfortable as possible over the next week and month. Being miserable after your race cuts down on the enjoyment that you derived from having run it. By following…
You have prepared for your race, you have arrived on the starting line, and now the gun is about to go off. You have prepared yourself to start the race, and now you have to make sure that you have prepared yourself to finish. Here are the considerations you need to pay attention to during…