my 100th post
For my 100th post, I'd like to post the most encouraging thing I've read in about a year. :)
This comes from active.com
"The surest way to avoid the post-marathon blues is to train adequately for the distance you'll be covering. That means building up to at least a few 18- to 20-mile walks; the last of these no closer than two, but preferably three weeks before your marathon.
If you only get up to 15 miles or so, chances are you'll finish the race, (that's me, that means I can finish!!) but you can probably expect to be sore or even injured afterwards. (That's ok there will be an afterwards!) You really do need to get those long walks in to strengthen your joints and to teach your body to burn fat instead of carbohydrates during the marathon.
Having said that, it's not necessary — or advisable — to walk longer than 20 miles in training. Some walkers figure that doing 23 or 24 miles in training will help them to build confidence. Maybe so, but every mile you walk over 20 in training increases your likelihood of injury and adds to your recovery time.
Ultra-long training walks also are more likely to slow down your marathon pace than they are to improve it. Rest assured, if you can make it through 20 in training you'll make it through 26.2 just as easily in the race.
i was SO HAPPY to have read that tonight...
HOORAY!!
This comes from active.com
"The surest way to avoid the post-marathon blues is to train adequately for the distance you'll be covering. That means building up to at least a few 18- to 20-mile walks; the last of these no closer than two, but preferably three weeks before your marathon.
If you only get up to 15 miles or so, chances are you'll finish the race, (that's me, that means I can finish!!) but you can probably expect to be sore or even injured afterwards. (That's ok there will be an afterwards!) You really do need to get those long walks in to strengthen your joints and to teach your body to burn fat instead of carbohydrates during the marathon.
Having said that, it's not necessary — or advisable — to walk longer than 20 miles in training. Some walkers figure that doing 23 or 24 miles in training will help them to build confidence. Maybe so, but every mile you walk over 20 in training increases your likelihood of injury and adds to your recovery time.
Ultra-long training walks also are more likely to slow down your marathon pace than they are to improve it. Rest assured, if you can make it through 20 in training you'll make it through 26.2 just as easily in the race.
i was SO HAPPY to have read that tonight...
HOORAY!!
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