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The head coach for my group-training program made me remember this expression last weekend. We were about to embark on our final run of the training season prior to an upcoming marathon. And she advised us not to try to cram any last-minute speed work into that run or into weekday outings before the race. …
I wondered whether running and walking make you nicer after attending a 5K yesterday. More than 100 people participated in this 5K walk/run to raise money for the family of a group-training coach who died recently. And the coach’s widow and other family members were there. When the widow arrived yesterday morning at the 5K …
Big Sur marathon tour videos viewable above are perhaps the best way to get a sense of what it must be like to complete the Big Sur International Marathon. The Big Sur marathon is considered by many to be one of the top three destination marathons in the United States. The Big Sur marathon has …
Marathoner gratitude daily is my best way to label my expressions of daily gratitude as a marathoner. Being a several-time marathoner who recognizes that gratitude is important to positively employing the Law of Attraction, of which I have become a big fan, here are several things in my life as a marathoner for which I …
A marathoner often hears this advice: Run your own race! I blogged about the same advice for any marathoner after I completed the 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon. I had trained for most of the season leading up to that race by using the “1:1” form of micro-level pacing. But I ran the …
Marathon negative splits, as well as negative splits in half marathons and other races, can be very motivating, especially as you approach the finish line of your endurance race. There is nothing like realizing in your final miles that you are completing the second 13.1 miles of your marathon faster than you completed the first …
Many experienced runners and walkers know that completing a marathon or half marathon is as much mental as it is physical. If you have heard of creative visualization and have wanted to use it to help you with your next race, then keep reading! A best-practices approach to visualization includes these characteristics: Imagine the end-result. …
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“Training for marathons can cause heart damage in healthy people: study” is the title of a NYDailyNews.com article dated March 18, 2010. If you read the article, though, then you see that the forty-nine marathoners studied trained ten to nineteen hours per week over periods ranging from two to twenty years. I am not an …
I just learned from FIDO FIT Houston about another dog-friendly race: Wizard of Pawz So I just added a row for it in my “Dog-Friendly Races for Runners and Walkers” special report (subsequently replaced by my book Running with Dogs). The 29th running occurs this year on March 28 in Houston, Texas. Anyone who already …
I got interesting news today from Houston Marathon Committee, Inc. Houston, Texas, has been awarded the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, a first for a single city to host both Trial races, beating out Boston and New York! What this means is that the top male and female U.S. marathon runners will be competing in …