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how to train for a marathon

Trainer’s Tip #13: Train properly for your marathon.

Tip #13:  When you sign up for a marathon, properly train for it. This sounds pretty straight-forward, but not training is both tempting and common.  Because training is hard.  It’s grueling and time-consuming and takes you away from your other commitments.   Some mornings I talk myself around in circles for a good 20 minutes or so before I even get out of bed for my run.  And once I do, I shuffle around the house for another good 20 minutes, sighing, grumbling, ready to willingly accept any excuse that seems feasible for skipping.  It’s …

Does Running Really Hurt Our Knees??

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Non-runners sometimes misunderstand distance runners.  They can’t, for the life of them, understand why we happily spend countless hours trucking around town in rain, in the dark, in snow and ice, braving speeding cars and barking dogs.  And what about OUR KNEES?  Don’t we know that running wrecks our joints?!? My hunch is that every distance runner has fielded this inevitable question from a non-runner at some point.  And how should you respond to such concern?  With the truth.  Running does not hurt our knees.   Say it, and say it proudly.  Need …