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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 …
It can be real madness to buy a running or walking shoe that you have never worn from an online store. I am a big fan of local specialty stores for runners and walkers, for many reasons, but especially when you are shopping for shoes. If you have never bought the right pair of shoes …
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 …