Run and Become the specialist running shoe store in Victoria, London is hosting three free workshops aimed at helping marathon runners get up to speed on tuning their marathon training and preparation for the 2011 London Marathon.
Presented by Inspirational Talks, the program includes fitness coach and writer Sam Murphy, An Asics Clinic with a top British Marathon runner and a screening of “Spirit of The Marathon” a collaborative effort of three-time Academy Award winner Mark Jonathan Harris, Telly Award winner and director/marathoner Jon Dunham and producer/marathoner Gwendolen Twist. keep reading →
24 week training plan for a novice marathoner. Choosing a specific marathon training plan for your first marathon will depend to a large extent on your overall level of fitness your capacity to test the limits of your comfort zone the available time you have your determination your goals and ability not to push too [...]
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49 year old Belgian marathon runner Stefaan Engels has just completed one of the most challenging feats of the millenium – completing 365 marathons in a year. The project came to a close at the Carretera de les Aigües race in Barcelona after running 15,000km (9,569 miles) starting in his home town of Ghent in [...]
Former sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting completed the 2011 L.A. Marathon in 9:48:52. Gneiting jogged and walked the 26.2 miles of this years LA marathon despite blistered feet caused by rain and despite doubts he would make it. It wasnt an easy challenge but Gneiting improved his marathon time which he set in 2008 finishing in [...]
Weight loss story – a life-defining moment. An inspiring story of how Tracy McLaughlin decided she needed to change her life as she was over 260 pounds. Gradually she started walking and then running at night as she didn’t want people to see her. Three years later Tracy has lost 120 pounds and has her [...]
March 2010 sees the inauguration of a new race – the 26.2 km Kilomathon which will take place from Nottingham to Derby in the UK on Sunday 14th March, six weeks before the London Marathon. Timed to be a perfect long run before the London Marathon and also designed as a stepping stone for those [...]
