Comments on: Well I Guess I’m Running A Marathon

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:11:08 +0000

That’s awesome! There’s nothing like your first marathon – enjoy the journey

I would suggest checking out if there are any local running clubs/teams in your area that have beginner marathon training programs (if your schedule allows it). I trained for my first full last year (Nike Women’s Marathon in San Fran) with Team in Training. I definitely benefited from having the coaches put together a training schedule that matched my experience/ability and the camaraderie of training with other newbies.

Good luck!

By: RunnerDude

RunnerDude — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:49:32 +0000

A marathon!! Awesome! You’re gonna love the Rock-n-Roll marathon. I’ve not done the one you’re running, but I’ve done the San Diego one and the Country Music Marathon. Both had great crowd support and great music the entire course. Look forward to following your training.

By: Middalia

Middalia — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:39:27 +0000

Thanks everyone for your congrats, motivation, kind comments and tips! You all help me more than you will ever know!!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:14:08 +0000

Yea, Congrats on signing up! You are going to be AWESOME! Good luck with the training.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:40:41 +0000

Good luck on the training. I am also going to run San Antonio, so maybe I’ll see you out on the streets of Austin. Stay cool and hydrated and you’ll be okay.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:23:51 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the shout out! I’m training for my first marathon and i was curious what plans you were using. I bought both run less, run faster and pfitz advanced marathoning.

I would love to do advanced marathoning but it might be too much for my first. i may tweek it, and attempt it but who knows!

i’m running chicago and its october 11th so maybe we can share thoughts!

By: Isela

Isela — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:17:20 +0000

So exciting!!! Good luck with your training.

I don’t have any recommendations, I am following Runner’s World training, but that’s because I am a nut and I bike and swim a lot too.

By: Chic Runner

Chic Runner — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:32:18 +0000

You are going to ROCK!!!! YAY! I’m so excited for you, and I will be here following along!

By: Glenn Jones

Glenn Jones — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:13:43 +0000

Hi! I came over here after reading about you from Chicrunner. Congratulations on choosing to run a marathon. You’ll never be the same again (ha ha).

You might look intot he Pfitzinger plans. They are quite demanding – both in time and effort. I am using the first 10 weeks on his 24/55 plan to build base, but after that point both mileage and commitment increases. I think you can find the 18/55 plan on the Internet.

Good luck!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:21:41 +0000

I used the Non-Runners Marathon Guide’s training schedule- one of the girls I was training with picked it. It was good, I was not as much into the book as she was, but we were all very well prepared and had an easy run. We were all runners before, so anyone can use the plan!