one of the best experiences of my life,” admits Anderson, who also finished the race. “To see all three go from non-runners to marathon runners has been immensely rewarding. I think they’ll all continue to run, and it’s great that they’re all already

weeks. I used the Runner's World emergency schedules, which were excellent. But work pressures and a nasty cold cut into this last-minute attempt at training. I had logged just 50 miles through my preparation... From 11 miles my left thigh began to cramp

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:26 "...on the day in the full field of runners it is harder than it looks..." Read the full quote Birdypie; 4:35 "...got me through the tough training in February and March..." Read the full quote Kikker; 4:57 "... I felt like I'd won the marathon

Send Us Your Story!Tell the world how your marathon went: we'd love to have your short, snappy stories to publish on this very site. If you're a forum runner or supporter, we may even be able to match you up with one of the 400 photos we took at the mile

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importance. Science in Sport have an isotonic gel that can be used without the need to wash it down with water and gives 25g of carbohydrate, which will get you through 20 mins or so of running. Marathon runners who take over five hours may consider taking

At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step