Marathon Training

	This website is tailored specifically for marathoners and those who want to become marathoners. We therefore offer 100% marathon focused content; training information for both experienced runners and beginners, health and nutrition, races and race strategies, injuries and injury prevention, running equipment such as shoes, watches, heart-rate monitors, and so on. Our aim is to provide practical and easy-to-apply information on running and preparations to run marathons through selected articles from myjjk.com, an online community that provides forums for sharing experiences, questions, insights, ideas and concerns for marathon runners.


Marathon - Beginners see all topics Throwing up after the long run So I apologize ahead of time, this isn't the most pleasant discussion but something I am concerned about. I am training for the gold coast marathon on July 6th, anyhow currently on week 8 and the last two long runs have been especially painful. This is my first marathon by the way. I have run severa... >read more< marathon training I have been a runner for several years....always off and on, but always come back to it. I started a good training program in January 08 for my first half marathon, which will be in two weeks - the Kentucky Derby Marathon. The training has gone great and I've gotten up to my long runs without any p... >read more< Hills vs Flats Hello, I am training for my first Marathon on May 4. The race course is very flat and fast. Most of my training is done around where I live and it is very hilly. On my long runs I focus on keeping a slow steady pace climbing and descending. But on my shorter runs I tend to attack the hills with... >read more< looking for a good marathon training book Hi ya all, I would really like to get some advice on a good marathon training book. I've never ran a marathon before but I have ran recreationally for about 20 years. I'm 42 years old, a mother of three and also work full time, so I don't have a lot of time to devote to training. Any advice??? ... >read more< 1st Boston - Invitational Entry I am running Boston for the first time this year and running for one of the local charities who sponsor the event (since I am not trying to qualify). This is my first marathon, but I have done 2 halfs and complete in sprint/olympic distance triathlons during the summer. I've kept my fitness up over ... >read more<		Marathon see all topics Significance of weight for a marathoner I'd like to hear some opinions from experienced marathoners on the importance of weight. I weigh 200 lbs and have run 7 marathons and usually average about 8 minute miles. I want to get faster and I'm not overweight but I'm not "lean" either. 185 would be very lean for me. How much differe... >read more< marathon gameplan Im going to be running my second marathon in march and I have a couple of questions about how I should run it. Im aiming for anything less than 5 hours, which means 11:27 per mile or better. I was thinking that I could start off at 12:00 miles for the first 6-8 miles, then bump it up to 11:30 fo... >read more< 50 miler More than a marathon, but this is the closest topic I could find. I've been running for three years(high school running) now and am thinking about running a 50 miler in the fall of '08. The main problem is that it's right at the beginning of indoor track and I don't want it to mess my training up... >read more< ING New York, 2008. Lifting program to finis up the winter? Can anyone recommend a good lifting program for the 3 months before I really start training for NY? Thanks. >read more< Boston Marathon Retry I'm an old time runner, I'm 42 now and been running for 15 years or so. My best marathon is a 3:02 at the 100th boston running. I qualified for boston a year ago at Las Vegas with 3:15. I tried boston april 2007 with a little bad weather and luck and did 3:30. To my luck I was able to use my las... >read more<

Injuries see all topics IT pain 10 days to first 1/2 marathon- help!! I just hurt my IT as I was running my last long run in training for my 1/2 marathon. It hurt a little on mile 9 and I was able to finish running the 11.5 miles. I got home took some advil, stretched and was OK the next day (rest day) today I did an easy 3 mile run and had discomfort 1/2 mile into ... >read more< Heart rate problems This is going to sound a little wierd About 2 years ago I had a stress test and maxed my HR at 188. Since then I have had no problems and typically in a 5k race my average HR is avound 178. Over the last 2 months, I have struggled to get my HR to 148, I can happily run along at 8 min mile pace at ... >read more< Ankle Pain Help I'm a super beginner at running track (sprinting) and on Thursday I started having a nagging pain while running on my toes / walking up and down stairs in the blue circled area (area beneath the ankle bone) on my right foot, my coach had me to stop running after that and I haven't since then. He tol... >read more< knee injury After running 23 km my knee started to hurt. The pain was like having a charlie horse in the back of my knee. >read more< Recovering from Knee Replacement I had a knee replaced about 3 weeks ago that should have been done about a year ago. While favoring the knee I have developed a very weak IT Band. I have been working on streching exercises but it is still very uncomfortable in the hip and outside of the knee. My PT is talking about using a... >read more<		Health & Nutrition see all topics Nutrition / Balanced Diet Hello all, havn't posted on here for a while, good to see the site is still running. I'm seeking a little nutritional guidance here. I compete in High Jump and Triple Jump. I am a senior in HS and am trying to set myself up for a breakout year and I feel one factor that will play a role is my diet... >read more< College Female Runner - Weight Help? Hi all! I'm a collegiate female runner who races mostly middle distances, yet has a primarily distance based training plan. My weekly mileage typically falls somewhere between 40-50miles. Most of my runs are around or a little under 8min pace. At 5'7" and 150 lbs, I'm really looking to drop ... >read more< marathon diet I am going to start training for a marathon on Feb 1 for a May 4 run. What is the best way to approach my diet. I have run several marathons but it has been 7 years since my last one. Seven years ago I was young enough to put in the mileage without worrying so much about the diet. Now I have to focu... >read more< Odd Question about persperation Leave it to me to ask a question that gets people asking themselves, "What did he just say?" When ever I exercise I sweat quite a bit, and when I run I can literally wring my clothes out and it looks like I had them soaking in a tub. My question is this: why do my clothes smell like a... >read more< big butt i have a very big butt, and i was wondering if anyone knew how to loose weight in my but. THe rest of my body is pretty skinny, so it is just my huge but that i need to loose weight in. >read more<

Equipment see all topics how far have i ran? hi, im new to running so im not sure if this is a dumb question or not, probably is knowing me. im going for the london marathon in a years time, my question is, when training how do you know how far you have ran? is there some gadget that you can buy that tells you? many thanks to anyone that has ... >read more< Zoom Rival IV I just got these http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml?l=nikes ... KW_Froogle. i havent had a chance to run in them yet, ... >read more< I need help!!! Spikes!! Hey! I'm looking for new spikes...they should be pink, silver and black:P In austria I couldn't find such that kind of stuff =( I don't need them now...but it would be good if i'd find some in the next half year 'cause I wan't to run the Youth WM Qualification limit next year!! I'd be very happy if ... >read more< question on Liu Xang what shoes does liu xang wear for the 110 meter hurdles? >read more< Speedsuits Hi, I'm looking to buy a speedsuit online, but I'm in Canada, and all of the stores in the states seem to charge appx $35 for shipping! Does anybody know of an online store based in Canada. Or perhaps someplace I could order by telephone? Thanks >read more<

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