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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.
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Marathon - Beginners see all topics
Hi all, I'm new here and enjoy reading everyone's tips! Anyway, I am training for my first marathon which will be in Las Vegas this December. I am not new to running, but am a natural sprinter rather than a distance runner. I did go out for cross country when I was in school, and have maintained ... >read more<All,
I've made the decision to run the London marathon next April, which will be my first ever run of any significant distance. I'm doing it for a charity cause close to my heart and as such will not be putting myself under undue stress with an aggressive time target. That being said I appreciate... >read more<I'm about to embark on my first marathon training schedule and i'm currently in week 1 of 16.
I'm doing my long runs around 08:45 min/miles and I weigh around 200 lbs.
My plan includes threshold runs and speed work etc and my current 10k time is 39 mins so race calculator is estimating around 03 hr... >read more<Hi - I am about to start base building for my first marathon...
I will have 2 half marathons and several shorter races behind me... at the moment my 2nd half marathon is in 2 weeks...
I want to do the "25 miles per week" for 6 months approach until 25 mi per week is avg or easy for 6 mo.... >read more<I am running my first marathon next week. I have had injury since I completed a half marathon in feb. I have had physio and took on a lighter training schedule just to keep myself on track. I want to run it in about 4.5 hours. But I know that I will not run the whole distance I may not even fini... >read more<
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Marathon see all topics
I just ran my 1st marathon last Sunday in Los Angeles in 4:32. I’m thinking about entering another one on May 29. Is this too close? I’ve been running for 7-8 years. I usually run about 20 miles/week, mainly mountain trails. For the recent marathon I added some long pavement runs. The next marath... >read more<I have run two London's in around about 3 and a half hours. I haven't done any trainingg so far aside from training for field hockey on a tuesday and playing in matches at the weekend. I would like to do as much training from now on as possible but the hockey is not negotiable. Does anyone have any ... >read more<i got 2 months till my marathon, its my second one. I ran my first marathon in october last with only running a 6 mile run as my longest run. i done the marathon in 4 hrs 14 mins. I only had 2 days notice as someone backed out. what do i do now that i have 2 months notice. Down to every detail pleas... >read more<Hi from Alaska. I'm 56 y/o. I quit smoking and started running in 2004. My first races were in 2007-I did a 5K (19:26), 10K (40 flat) and then a December (Las Vegas) marathon (3:32). I have never run a half. I couldn't really do many miles because I have tibialis posterior dysfunction. I deferred my... >read more<Hi Folks,
I'm about to begin on an advanced marathon training program that lasts 16 weeks. I'm aiming for a 3 hour marathon in april 2010. I seem to have all the hard interval training during the week days sorted but I am still unsure of how hard I should be hitting the long sunday runs. Should I be... >read more<
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Injuries see all topics
so after about 4-5 weeks after injury i can say i don't feel like my knee hurts anymore (so no pain since last week) following up on my previous post. the recovering was thanks to mostly building strength in the inner part of the Quadriceps (Vastus medialis). so mainly the reason that i got this inj... >read more<well i've been "injured" since before my 2nd last race in june and had to race with the injury in 2 races. my problem is that when every i bend my right leg i believe my knee where it rotates really hurts and when every i walk, run, climb stairs its even more pain full on the lift and land... >read more<I am running the London Marathon and got a calf injury 9 days ago. My Osteopath advised me to rest it for a week and then ease back into training again with a light jog and stetching which I did followed by a 30 mins run the next day. The infury has now re-occurred and feeling worse Any suggesti... >read more<hey everyone.
It's been a while... I took some time off running, but when they changed the LA marathon route, I couldnt resist running it. So, Ive been trying to train, mostly just to finish -- no time goals on this one (at least none that I'll be disappointed if I dont hit).
Anyway, here's the p... >read more<To start with i'd like to say hello as im new to this forum.
Okay just a little information about my injury and why im so worried, im start my Royal Marines Recruit Training in 9 weeks and i've been off training now for around 3/4 weeks due to a knee injury.
I was running (at a comfortable pace) for... >read more<
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Health & Nutrition see all topics
so basically during high school and summer school and training for track/cross country heres what i eat:
-breakfast: water, sometimes orange juice, no milk (stomach doesn't like it in the morning),
a single/or two piece(s) of toasted bread with either nutella, cream cheese, processed chedar cheese
... >read more<Hey. I'm kind of new to this site. And I'm kind of wondering, what should I eat to help me run a faster pace and have a lot of energy to burst out on the last few minutes of the 6k run. I have around 4 months till the cross country season starts. So please, help! :D. It would really help me a lot. >read more<I believe in the health benefits of Omega 3 Vitamins. Each day I take 6 1200 mg capsules and a tablespoon of Cod Liver Oil. If I had more money, I would consider using pharmacutical grade fish oil. Eating walnuts, salmon and flaxseed also adds health benefits.
Gerry Geraghty
Endurance Fellowship >read more<This is honestly a pointless thread,just a poll to see what people consume for nutrition, and also I just want to try some of the thing users post on this thread.
Ok so I am a 17 year old senior and the Indoor track season has began for about a few weeks now. My mother started making them my freshm... >read more<Help, can I still run - what can I do to speed recovery? I developed all the classic signs on Saturday afternoon, tired, runny nose, scratchy throat - but not sore. I had an early night + 3000mg Vit C & Zinc, heaps of fluids but still had a restless hot night with crazy dreams (feverish)..does a... >read more<
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Equipment see all topics
I do the triple jump, long jump, high jump, and 100m. I am looking for spikes that I can both jump in and do well with in sprints. Any suggestions? Thanks! >read more<I am looking to buy starting blocks. I want a Kind that don't slip and are under $150
what place sells good starting blocks? >read more<Is there an iPhone app that my wife can use to track my location? I will be running in a half marathon, and I will have the iphone on an armband. I am looking for an app that she can use on her iphone to query where is my location and she can find out base on my GPS location from my iphone. the apps... >read more<Hi Im new here but not new to track and field. I am in need of a new pair of spikes (currently have the asisc japan lite-ning 2). I know the Japan Lite-ning 3's are coming out soon, but im looking for something with a spike plate similar to the adidas demolishers, the only problem I have with those ... >read more<i saw this shoe while looking for a spike that was made more for a hurdle and these came up
it's been very hard to find anything on these shoes
i've only seen a small description and a few pictures but i wanna know where i can get these
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The Marathon Method visit website
Have you always wanted to run a marathon?
The Marathon Method is one of the most popular and trusted marathon training programs. Since its creation, hundreds of people have benefited from this step-by-step program that will guide you successfully to the finish line of your first marathon.
Any healthy person who has the desire and the time can complete a marathon. The Marathon Method breaks down each component of the marathon into easy-to-understand steps and a provides a week-by-week training schedule. The secret to the Marathon Method is that it covers topics that other marathon training programs neglect: the emotional, spiritual and mental aspects of the marathon.
By focusing on the mind and the body, you will accomplish your marathon goal.
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