At Runner’s World, we’ve guided thousands of athletes to their first marathon finish line. But if you’ve never run a marathon before, you probably made your decision to run 26.2 miles with a little ...
When I started running in high school, I wasn’t just running: Strength sessions consistently followed my after-school cross-country practices. Not only was I taught to hit my paces in interval ...
Even if it feels like everyone around you is training to run a marathon these days, less than 1% of the population actually conquers the iconic distance. Why? Because running 26.2 miles isn’t easy.
It was a gloomy March morning when I closed my eyes and signed up for my seventh marathon alone, this one in Montreal. Like many others, I started running in 2020, when the pandemic shut down my gym ...
Pamela Crown is the Marathon Training Director at Athletic Endurance. She has been a running fitness trainer for over 13 years. Anita Diaz first began running two years ago and will run her first ...