Topic: marathon training

Did You Miss Our Brooks Running Q&A With Helen Beven? Here’s A Recap

Did You Miss Our Brooks Running Q&A With Helen Beven? Here's A Recap

Earlier this week, we teamed up with Brooks Running to hold a Facebook Q&A with Brooks ID member Helen Beven, an elite runner and certified personal trainer. Our readers got exclusive access to her expertise, with the chance to ask any questions they had about running–from training tips to how to handle injuries, and more. The chat was a huge success…but that also means there were a LOT of comments to sift through on Facebook for her tips. So we did the work for you to provide a recap of Helen’s best advice (and your best questions). More »

What Happens To Your Body When You Run, Sprint and Jog

What Happens To Your Body When You Run, Sprint and Jog

We’ve heard from trainers that a slow, 30 minute jog isn’t an effective workout; we’ve also seen spreadsheets and charts describing 30-minute workouts that involve sprinting, jogging, and even short walks. So what really happens to your body when you run long vs. short distances, at a slow or fast pace? To find out, we asked Derek Peruo , a personal trainer at Peak Performance in New York City who writes and consults for magazines like Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, and Men’s Health. We asked him about everything from calorie-burning to metabolism—and even things like V02 max, muscle building, and the elusive runner’s high. More »

Marathon (Wo)man: Ready Or Not, Here I Run

Marathon (Wo)man: Ready Or Not, Here I Run

I’m 12 miles in, nearly halfway through the marathon, by the time I realize that I haven’t yet stopped for water or fuel. And, I’ve somehow forgotten my precious fuel belt and the valuable turbo jelly beans and dried fruit it contains. Thankfully, the course passes through a little cottage–an art gallery perhaps–and on the second floor there’s a kitchen. There’s a sign on the oven reading “treats for marathoners.” I open the oven up, find a selection of muffins, grab a big lemon poppy seed one topped with curls of bacon— why not?—and start shoving it in my mouth as I jog down the stairs and back on the road. It’s pretty much empty. Spectators are few. Where is everyone? Where are the great supportive New York fans I’ve heard so much about? Did I accidentally start late and miss all the excitement? Have I been moving that slowly? More »

Marathon (Wo)Man: Brief Encounters With The Anti-Marathon Movement

Marathon (Wo)Man: Brief Encounters With The Anti-Marathon Movement

Since I started training for the marathon, the vast majority of my friends and family have been overwhelmingly supportive and enthusiastic. They’ve made me training mix-tapes; put up with the lame, boring person with little to talk about besides miles who goes home early that training has turned me into; and are excited to come out and watch the race and hold a glittery piece of poster board. But, in recent weeks, I have also encountered another, intriguing species: The anti-marathon friend. More »

Running Won’t Make You Fat, But Believing It Will Make You Skinny Might

Running Won't Make You Fat, But Believing It Will Make You Skinny Might

Yesterday, The Independent asked “Does Running Make You Fat?” If it seems like a dumb questions (you’re not alone in thinking so), the article’s subtitled explained: “Many of us take up jogging to help lose weight. But the latest research shows it could have just the opposite effect. Sophie Morris, who ran a marathon and ended up heavier, explains why.” The article cites a study that found more exercise didn’t lead to greater weight loss in a group of overweight women put on various diet and exercise plans. And, as the subtitle suggests, it’s written by a woman who has gained—not lost—while sticking to a running program. But what’s really causing weight gain for most people isn’t running at all: It’s believing that running alone will make you skinny, while eating more and moving less than if you weren’t hitting the track. More »

Pregnant Runner Finished Marathon, Then Gave Birth: But Was It Safe?

Pregnant Runner Finished Marathon, Then Gave Birth: But Was It Safe?

At first glance, you might think today’s big story about a woman who ran a marathon while 39 weeks pregnant and then gave birth is pretty insane. But on further consideration, you might just think she’s an incredible athlete: After getting her doctor’s approval to half-run, half-walk a marathon, Amber Miller decided to run the Chicago Marathon, finishing in six hours and 25 minutes, before heading straight to the hospital to give birth to a healthy son. Not all women should attempt the same feat, of course, but to us, her accomplishment seems like proof that you don’t have to just lay back and quit the gym the moment you know you’ve conceived. More »

Marathon Training: 8 Secrets To Crossing The Finish Line Without Injury

Marathon Training: 8 Secrets To Crossing The Finish Line Without Injury

Simply put, as you up your mileage, you increase your chance for injury. Don’t let training mishaps prevent you from reaching your fitness goals and rocking your marathon. By following a few of these marathon training guidelines, you should be able to get laced up and geared up for race day. Even if you’re not aiming for 26 miles, these easy injury prevention strategies will help with day to day training. More »

Marathon (Wo)Man: 20 Miles Down, 26.2 To Go

Marathon (Wo)Man: 20 Miles Down, 26.2 To Go

If only they knew. I’m running down Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn around 11am on a Sunday. The hipsters, the cool dads, the too-chic toddlers, all of them are just beginning to shake their fluffy heads to amble along the streets in search of brunch. The line at the fair-trade, single-origin coffee shop stretches out the door.

Surely, I look crazed to them. This tired, sweaty thing clutching an empty water bottle, running not very fast down the main drag, my tank occasionally flapping in some way so as to reveal an unflattering glimpse of bare belly. They don’t know the truth. They don’t know that I’m not just another weekend runner trying to jog off the excesses of the night before. They don’t know I had a lame Saturday night and went to bed at a decent hour because of this. They don’t know that my Garmin reads 17 miles. They don’t know that today I am completing my first 20 mile run. More »

Marathon (Wo)man: Bored, Stiff And A Little Exhausted

Marathon (Wo)man: Bored, Stiff And A Little Exhausted

“It’s so boring doing all this running,” the fiancé exclaimed the other night to a friend on the phone. The statement rang with a bold truth…as if it were uttered by Omar on The Wire or something. Actually, I think I was just in a daze and hadn’t yet had a post-gym shower, so it sounded really amazing, as if I were stoned and someone had just revealed an obvious fact about an 80s pop song. More »

Back To Fitness: Why Everyone Should Run A Marathon

Back To Fitness: Why Everyone Should Run A Marathon

Running 26.2 miles will make your feet scream in pain; it will give you blisters the size of Texas; it will cause you to chafe in places you didn’t even know existed; your legs will beg for mercy; you will curse the person who talked you into doing this; you will suffer gut-wrenching fatigue; and you will likely hate yourself and every single person around you at some point. And this is exactly why everyone should run a marathon. More »

Sarah Palin’s Stealth Iowa Half-Marathon: Would You Do It?

Sarah Palin's Stealth Iowa Half-Marathon: Would You Do It?

Sarah Palin isn’t known for flying under the radar, but yesterday she ran a half-marathon, completely unannounced and not even registered under her legal name. She ran the “Jump Right in and Run” race in Storm Lake, Iowa, one day after giving a speech at a tea party rally in Indianola, where she nearly went unnoticed. For some, running a race without google-friendly race results sounds like heaven, but would you be motivated to run if you didn’t get the credit or the fanfare?

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