Dec 6, 2010

Part IV – Know Pain Pain in running seem to go hand in hand.  A lot of runners have given me the advice to pay attention to the pain my body feels.  Some pain in normal, its part of the strengthening of your body as you train.  While other pains is your body’s way of telling you that you are doing something wrong – like you have the wrong...

Nov 29, 2010

Part III – Run Your Pace Another important lesson to running a marathon is knowing your pace.  Understanding that you have 26 miles to run, if you run too hard at the beginning you may not have enough strength or energy to finish.  If you run too slow, you may go over your 6 hour time period and be disqualified.  This is why knowing your pace is so, so...

Nov 22, 2010

Part II – Avoid the Ducks Because I am a slow runner, I have a lot of time to think.  The other day while running through Hafer Park, I ran by the duck pond and saw a sign that took me down memory lane.  As a freshman in high school, me and my friends had no ride to lunch but didn’t want to stay on campus so we often walked down to the local park...

Nov 17, 2010

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Nov 16, 2010

#1) STAY HYDRATED For the last two months I have been in the process for training for the Memorial Marathon that is going to be held on May 1, 2011.  I am 3o years old and 30 pounds over weight and have never ran a day in my life.  So when the crazy idea of running a marathon popped in my head, I begin to ask advice from people that have previously ran a...

Nov 3, 2010

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