and I’d assumed that because these were the style of shoe worn by the best of the best that they were what I should wear for ...

From my first marathon, I learned that despite my preconceived notions of what I was capable of, I could run a marathon. In my second marathon, I learned that it is possible to push myself and ...

“By the time of my third marathon, I found it easier as I was running five or six times a week at that stage. My first marathon was hard though: I really did ‘hit the wall’, as they ...

With it being my first marathon, I did longer mileage in this block than in previous others. In past years, we worked out that I responded well to marathon-style training so this block didn’t ...

My goal that year was to do my first marathon and to try under three hours. I raced local 5Ks, 10Ks, and half marathons in the build up toward my goal that summer. I ran my first marathon ...