Snowdonia Marathon: a 900ft climb over four miles"You can run London, Paris, New York every year - but to feel you have really 'run' a marathon, try Snowdonia. When you finish, you know you have run a proper 26.2 mile race. Best in the World
hours after the race and may linger for up to a week after the marathon. For the first 24 hours after the race, apply ice (wrapped in a cloth) frequently to any painful parts of your legs, keeping it on for about 12 minutes at a time. Elevate your feet
realise that you dont have to be a fast runner to achieve great times. I always skipped the sections on speed in RUNNERS WORLD because I was convinced that speed training was for the elite, or for runners who could run at least seven- or eight
