WalkJogRun Running Routes. Lesson Learned from a 50 Day Run Streak. Ever Wished There Was Just a Roadmap that Would Guide You to the Finish of Your First Marathon, Starting From Where You Are Now? No, not a “quick-and-easy” guide.
Not some run-26.2-miles-without-getting-off-the-couch gimmick. We both know you’re not afraid to put the sweat in. If it didn’t take some serious preparation, then running a marathon wouldn’t be so freaking cool, would it? But a spreadsheet with a few mileage numbers isn’t going to cut it — there’s so much more you’ve got to pay attention to if you don’t want to waste your time and risk hurting yourself. (And by the way, blindly following one of those freebies is exactly how I ended up with a stress fracture when I first tried to train for a marathon, ten years ago.) 63 Ways to Shake Up Your Running Routine.