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What is the best way to start training for a marathon?
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The best way to start training for a marathon is to combine walking and running in your workouts. A marathon is as much about stamina as it is about speed. Combining walking and running is the best way to improve both when you’re just beginning.
You’re going to be running for hours in a marathon. Eventually, you’ll need to build up your workout to several hours. You’ll want to start by walking for twenty minutes. Every two weeks, add 10 minutes or 10 additional minutes of running to your walking workout until you’re able to run the full 26 miles.
From marathontraining.com
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One who completes at least two long runs of 20 miles or longer prior to his or her marathon will no doubt reduce the possibility of visiting the dreaded "wall" (the point in time when glycogen stores within the muscles have been depleted and as a result, the runner's pace slows considerably, oftentimes to a walk).
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You don’t need to run fast when you’re training. While you’re building up endurance, you want to go just fast enough so you have to run. At the race, you’ll be full of adrenaline. Adrenaline will help you speed up a bit if you want to.
You’re going to be running for hours in a marathon. Eventually, you’ll need to build up your workout to several hours. You’ll want to start by walking for twenty minutes. Every two weeks, add 10 minutes or 10 additional minutes of running to your walking workout until you’re able to run the full 26 miles.
From marathontraining.com
-quote
One who completes at least two long runs of 20 miles or longer prior to his or her marathon will no doubt reduce the possibility of visiting the dreaded "wall" (the point in time when glycogen stores within the muscles have been depleted and as a result, the runner's pace slows considerably, oftentimes to a walk).
-endquote
You don’t need to run fast when you’re training. While you’re building up endurance, you want to go just fast enough so you have to run. At the race, you’ll be full of adrenaline. Adrenaline will help you speed up a bit if you want to.
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