Alison Marie Helms, PhD, CPT, a certified running coach, agrees that the primary objective of a long run is to log time on your feet. “If your goal is to run a specific race that’s going to take a ...

An aspect of marathon training that’s undebatable: tackling long runs. But the question of how far your longest training run should be lingers in the minds of many marathoners, and it turns out the ...

Long runs serve as the cornerstone of any runner’s training plan. These essential workouts are necessary to help you build up your mileage gradually overtime so you can confidently run the distance ...

If you can answer yes on most counts, you’ll know that you can handle the challenge of 26.2 miles ...

On Sunday, more than 50,000 athletes are expected to compete in the New York City Marathon, one of the largest, and most elite marathons in the world. Running a continuous 26.2 miles is a major ...

Congratulations, you caught the marathon bug, and now you have 26.2 miles ahead of you. If you don’t know where to start, I’ve got you covered. I’ve done five marathons, coached plenty of runners in ...