Running Marathons

These pages focus on running and racing the marathon, which builds on the articles covered under general Racing.

• Top 10 Marathon Racing Mistakes
• Top 10 Marathon Training Mistakes
• Impact of Heat on Marathon Performance It's surprising just how much difference a small temperature increase makes
• Are negative splits faster in the marathon?
• So you want to run marathons more often than most? Here are some articles to help
  • Running Frequent Marathons For those who want to run the marathon distance many times a year
  • Back to Back Marathons For running marathons on consecutive days
  • Racing 2 Marathons Thoughts on all our racing of two marathons in short succession.
• The Last 10K The marathon is a 10K race with a 20 mile warm up
• A Great Marathon Some thoughts on what makes a marathon great
• In a race, walk before you have to
• Pacing Your Marathon An answer to 'What is the best way to pace a marathon?'
  • Using a marathon pace group
• Training Plans
  • Jack Daniels Running Formula, VDOT and the VDOT Calculator
  • FIRST (Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training) "3plus2" - running three days a week
  • A Comparison of Marathon Training Plans
• Race Simulation
• Downhill Running Why uphills are easy and downhills are important
• Impact of Heat on Marathon Performance