Training: Should I run one or two 20 milers before my first marathon?

One of my athletes training for the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage wrote to me today asking the following question:
Our training program has more time than some other programs and I see that we have the opportunity to run 20 miles twice to get ready for the race. Do we really need to run [...]

Training: the first-time marathon runner 20-miler mental anguish

It’s always great to see another group of marathon runners graduate from my program by finishing their first marathons. But before getting to graduation day, they have to make it through their first 20 mile run. One of my groups — runners training for the upcoming Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego — went [...]

Racing: Wanjiru heads for Japan to prepare for the Olympics

NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) — World half-marathon record holder Sammy Wanjiru is expected to leave Kenya next week for Japan where he will start preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games. Wanjiru trains in Japan with Coach coach Francis Kamau and last year won the presigious Fukuoka Marathon in his debut at the distance.
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BBC video clip from the 2008 Belfast Marathon

This weekend’s Belfast Marathon drew 15,000 runners and was won by Kenya’s John Mutai in 2:16:31.
The women’s race was won Ethopia’s Marashet Jumma - broke the course record with a time of two hours, 39 minutes and 22 seconds.
The BBC has a short video clip of coverage from the event that you might find [...]

Follow-up: More Boston Marathon follow-up with Eve Drinis and Scott Kimberling

As we got ready for the 2008 Boston Marathon, I ran first-time profiles on Eve Drinis, Scott Kimberling and Duane Slade. A follow-up from Duane ran yesterday. Now, here are some notes from our other two runners who both finished the race. Great job you two!
To read the profiles of the two runners, click [...]

Follow-up: Duane Slade on the Boston Marathon

During the week before the Boston Marathon, we ran profiles of some first time Boston Marathon runners. I asked them to write down some of their thoughts about the race and tell me how it went. Here is the first follow-up from Boston: Duane Slade from Mesa Arizona writes about his first-time at the Boston [...]

Racing: Chebii & Ponomarenko win Country Music Marathon

NASHVILLE – Kenya’s Sylvester Chebii, 26, won the ninth annual Country Music Marathon today in a time of 2 hours, 14 minutes, 27 seconds. In the women’s race, Svetlana Ponomarenko, 38, from Russia outkicked defending champion Olena Shurkhno, 30, from the Ukraine, finishing in 2:30:33.
The rain, which dampened the pre-race morning, broke before the start [...]

Preview our new Boston Marathon short-film here: 26.2 Miles to Boston

Running Advice and News presents a new short-subject documentary: 26.2 Miles to Boston.
You can now see a preview of the new film coming in May 2008.
Shot during the 2008 Boston Marathon by running coach Joe English, we hope that the film will give you a first-hand look at running the most famous of all American [...]