Running wild in Missoula has just gotten better! Finally after years of begging for a local marathon the Run Wild Missoula organization has put together the city’s first marathon. This is such an exciting development for Western Montana runners, especially those from the Missoula area who have, in the past, had to travel to Helena, ...
Training and preparations for a marathon can be a daunting task. Many questions can arise. There are common questions when running a marathon for the first time. Some of those questions are how long is a marathon, when the best time is to start training for a marathon, and which type of training produces the ...
If you’re reading this article, you already know that training for a marathon is not easy. You’ve probably spent nearly every day for the past six months hitting the road or the treadmill with your favorite running shoes (likely having gone through multiple pairs), not to mention the “long runs” which have consumed your Saturdays ...
In runners, thigh chafing usually results from one of two things: 1) your shorts moving around too much and creating friction against your skin, or 2) your thighs rubbing together. Whatever the cause, it’s something distance runners could do without. I know a guy who ran his first marathon and had horrible bloody chafing on ...
Long-distance runners everywhere felt a certain validation in the brutality of their sport last Sunday after Lance Armstrong clearly struggled with his first marathon at the ING event in New York City. The seven-time Tour De France winner and cancer survivor painfully finished the 26.2-mile race, using all his super Lance Armstrong might to limp ...
It’s a cure-all for depression, a midlife crisis, and many other life events that leave you with a challenging time. Running is a great way to get in shape, but when you combine it with a specific goal of a marathon in mind, you’ll enjoy an even more rewarding experience! Before summer rolls around, many ...
Do you have dreams of running a marathon? Have you been running for awhile and wish to take your training to the next level? Here are several marathon training plans that you can find online to choose from. Remember to listen to your body and take plenty of time to rest and recover throughout your ...
Last year, I went to Dublin, Ireland to do my first marathon with the Calgary Chapter of the Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF). In order to participate, I had to fundraise $6,000. It didn’t take long for me to exhaust all of my friends and family for donations, so I had to come up with creative ...
When I started running in high school, it was basically just for fun and a bit of exercise. I enjoyed just running a couple of miles in the morning before classes and didn’t really find that my feet felt any different in one brand of shoe versus another. However, after I began to run longer ...
If you are one of the over 300,000 people who completed a marathon last year, congratulations! The marathon requires planning, commitment and hard work in order to cross the finish line. For some, completing a marathon might have been the apex of your athletic life, and having finished it, maybe you vowed never to do ...
