Marathon Training

Marathon Training

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Marathon training plan: Beginner

If you're training for your first marathon as a bit of a beginner to the longer distance running scene here's a 20-week plan which might help you on your way
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Stretching out

Everyone suffers from tight muscles, but it's not always those muscles that need stretching, as Dave O'Sullivan explains
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Recovery in athletics

Training is the stimulus but recovery provides the adaptation and is vitally important, as Eleanor Jones explains
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Nutrition: Pre-training snacks for athletes

Rushing in from school or work to eat before training is a common scenario so Eleanor Jones looks at the options
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Nutrition: Smoothies for athletes

Smoothies are deceptively simple to make and these bad boys are nutritional powerhouses, as Eleanor Jones explains
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The benefits of sports massage

Sports massage has grown in popularity and is now not the exclusive territory of elite athletes, as Eleanor Jones explains
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Marathon nutrition: Avoiding the wall

When it comes to marathon nutrition, Alex Cook says meticulous preparation is vital for a successful outcome
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Nutrition: Athletes can snack

Snacks are okay as long as you are nibbling the right things between meals, as Eleanor Jones explains
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Marathon advice: It takes time to reach your potential

Long-time AW contributor Martin Duff lends the perspective of someone who won the world veterans’ marathon title with 2:26:45 aged 43
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Marathon advice: Elite marathon running

AW's coaching editor explains what’s required to reach the lofty heights of 2:15:31 – a world-class time he achieved during the golden period of the mid-1980s
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Marathon advice: How to break 2:30

We continue our series of advice columns ahead of the London Marathon by looking at the some of the pitfalls that club runners fall into
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Marathon advice: Training and race day tips

AW's results editor, Steve Smythe, has the amazing experience of having finished every London Marathon bar one, with a PB of 2:29:42. Here he shares his top training tips
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