This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!You may be uncomfortable hearing that no one can tell you what your fitness goals should be. No one can tell you how much
for the marathon in 1999. He and I ran the same marathon in Chicago on the same course on the same day. He finished in 2:05:42. I finished in just over 5:30:00. In fact, I heard the announcement that he had set the worlds record as I was approaching mile 11
.The Galloway run/walk marathon has been used successfully by thousands of marathoners. Jeff says it’s possible to run under 3:30 this way, and several runners did so at the last Chicago Marathon. But fast times aren’t the point. The point is that you can finish
