After cheering on the NYC marathon runners last week, i got motivated to try for the 07 marathon here in NY. but i am quite out of shape, i can barely do 3 miles with out feeling like im gonna collapse. how do people do it for 26 miles. i am a thin 25 year old male, and i see 80 year olds and fat people running, i so should be able to do it. what am i doing wrong and how can i train for something like this that doesnt require waking up at 5 am for 10 months straight. thanks..
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marathon training
- Thread starter wuzzupall
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hi
go here:
Even if you don't have a Polar watch, you can still use the features the site has, its very good and has suggestions for training you up to a half or complete marathon. good luck
go here:
Even if you don't have a Polar watch, you can still use the features the site has, its very good and has suggestions for training you up to a half or complete marathon. good luck
the 1st suggestion is good. the short answer is - they get up at 5:00AM and run for about 5 months. J/K, sorta. It takes about 5 months to build up the endurance required to run 26 miles. It's easier to do as part of a group. There are lots of them out there today (more than 14 years ago when I did my first on my own). If you live close to NYC or in it, you should have many to choose from. Here in Memphis there's even at least one group around that would support that effort. If you seriously want to do one - let's say 50 weeks from today - you should start running some 5K and 10K organized runs for over the next 4 - 5 months. If you like them enough then look for a half marathon in the next few months that would be (on the calendar) about half way to the marathon date. At that point, with a few 5K or 10K's experience you'd have an idea of what pace you might be able to maintain. Whatever that pace is, add about 30 seconds to a minute for the first 4-6 miles. If you then finish it and want to continue training to pursue a full marathon you'll have an excellent base on which to build. If not - you'll not have wasted too many 5AM runs in preparation. On the way to run 26 miles you'll have many 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 mile training runs. Sometimes the only way to spend 3 hours running is to get up quite early - or else you run all evening. I've done both - and for me, morning is somewhat better.
Good luck, and let us know here how you do - what you choose, etc.
Good luck, and let us know here how you do - what you choose, etc.
Thanks, i do live in Brooklyn and work in the city, so it can be quite convenient to sign up in one of those groups. To tell you the truth, i am so not a morning person. i wake up the min before i havta hop on the subway for work. For me, an hour jog at night can surely help me begin with my ambition of running. With the winter coming and early nightfall makes it a bit more difficult for me. I assume waiting till spring is too late to endure a competition like this. im gonna look up on the NYRR site and try to sign up for one of those race for charity things and see how i do.