Training For a Marathon
- By Simona Rusnakova
- Published 10/8/2009
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Training for a marathon can be one of the toughest experiences of one's life. It really is a major achievement to have run a full marathon. No matter what stage you are in life time; to have the capacity to run 26 miles can be a realization of the goal. For most of us this is something that is done later in life as we get older and as the muscles slow down and stamina becomes the only weapon left in terms of achieving a high level of fitness.
The reason that a marathon is a major achievement is that you have to do it by yourself and running a marathon will push you all the way. You will have to train on your own and lease three times a week with nobody around to push you and to motivate you in order to keep going. When you hit that wall it is up to yourself and nobody else to keep going, it is you that has to take the next step and push yourself to finish your training schedule. Depending on what kind of shape you are in you would need at least 6 to 8 months to train a marathon building yourself up from maybe 5 miles in one session to about 10 to 15 miles. If you think about it, for those of us who have never run a marathon running 10 to 15 miles on a regular basis takes real commitment and real motivation. If you want to demonstrate to anybody about your commitment to a task; tell them that you have run a marathon I don't think there will be any more questions on that particular subject.
While running a marathon involves pushing yourself to the limits and training by yourself you
should also have some support structure while preparing to run a marathon. Regular visits to your GP to monitor your health as you are progressing through your training and also regular visits to your physiotherapists to make sure that your body is able to cope with the level of training that you are doing. I would highly recommend some professional advice or some advice for from somebody who has run a marathon before, they would be able to tell you how much to train, how frequently to Train and plot your targets to make sure you are ready as you approach the day of the race itself.
You cannot let the weather be a factor. You have to train as per schedule no matter what the conditions are. If you feel like most people before a training session you will most likely have thoughts running through your head like, maybe I'll do it tomorrow or the weather might not be as bad tomorrow. That's perfectly normal to have thoughts like that but it is how you react to those types of thoughts. You have to put them out of your mind and do the training session. Once you have the training session completed if you feel a real sense of achievement it will spur you on to do the next session. If you enjoy pushing yourself and finding out whether you can do it or not then you're more likely to stick with the task.
Remember it is no shame to fail when you're trying to run a marathon but if you fail you can always try again the following year. Just think about the turtle, he succeeds only when he sticks his neck out. What I mean is if you don't try and push yourself you would never find out if you're able to do it or not.
The reason that a marathon is a major achievement is that you have to do it by yourself and running a marathon will push you all the way. You will have to train on your own and lease three times a week with nobody around to push you and to motivate you in order to keep going. When you hit that wall it is up to yourself and nobody else to keep going, it is you that has to take the next step and push yourself to finish your training schedule. Depending on what kind of shape you are in you would need at least 6 to 8 months to train a marathon building yourself up from maybe 5 miles in one session to about 10 to 15 miles. If you think about it, for those of us who have never run a marathon running 10 to 15 miles on a regular basis takes real commitment and real motivation. If you want to demonstrate to anybody about your commitment to a task; tell them that you have run a marathon I don't think there will be any more questions on that particular subject.
While running a marathon involves pushing yourself to the limits and training by yourself you
You cannot let the weather be a factor. You have to train as per schedule no matter what the conditions are. If you feel like most people before a training session you will most likely have thoughts running through your head like, maybe I'll do it tomorrow or the weather might not be as bad tomorrow. That's perfectly normal to have thoughts like that but it is how you react to those types of thoughts. You have to put them out of your mind and do the training session. Once you have the training session completed if you feel a real sense of achievement it will spur you on to do the next session. If you enjoy pushing yourself and finding out whether you can do it or not then you're more likely to stick with the task.
Remember it is no shame to fail when you're trying to run a marathon but if you fail you can always try again the following year. Just think about the turtle, he succeeds only when he sticks his neck out. What I mean is if you don't try and push yourself you would never find out if you're able to do it or not.