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a marathon can seem really daunting
especially if it's your first
here are a few things we wish we'd known
before our first marathons
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ah saturday let me just see
uh no can't do saturday i've got 15
miles that day
actually the next few saturdays are
going to be a bit tricky because i'm
going to be upping my mileage from then
unless you want to come running with me
hello
hello something i said
marathon training can take a lot of time
and something might have to give
if you want my advice make some running
friends that way you'll have company for
the next couple of months
long run done now time for a bite to eat
you might find that where you once got
signals to indicate that you are full
your stomach is now a bottomless pit
ah now what shall we have for dessert
turkish delight bit rogue
it doesn't matter how often you snack
you always feel hungry
oh no i don't want to get
up yet is it actually possible
to be hungover from running
i am ready for bed
six o'clock it's only six o'clock surely
not
that's an acceptable time to go to bed
right
i've just worked out something
revolutionary for my training i always
needed to
go go at mile 18 so if i can just work
out
why and prevent it from happening then i
can save minutes before you started
training for a marathon
there were some topics that were taboo
not anymore
nope now nothing is off the table
yeah now i've got this weird like bump
on my toe is that normal
do i need to see a doctor
speaking of bumps on your toes hiding
your feet all summer might not be the
only way to avoid strange glances and
comments
when i ran my first marathon someone
asked me if i'd been walking over hot
coals as a hobby i think it must have
been the blisters
yeah they were that bad but hopefully
you can avoid that
by building up sensibly and not trying
new shoes
on race day there is no pedicure that
can help you out when you're marathon
training
i've tried black toenail varnish then a
couple of my toenails fell off
and so just have to paint the colour
over
what's left i suppose and just hope
nobody really looks at my monkey feet
getting the right shoe and sock combo is
key
you could go for flip-flops sliders like
these or even crocs
i'm sure they're backing again right
believe it or not there was a time when
i was so naive i thought the worst thing
that could happen on a run
would be a blister how times have
changed
i wish i knew about runners chase and
had researched
ways to stop it that would have saved me
an awful lot of pain
when i started clocking up the miles my
nipples got red raw
one time they even bled and that's when
i learnt about runner's nipple
so i thought i knew blisters turns out
you could get them
basically anywhere heel toe arch
blisters on blisters by the time i
finished taping them up
i feel like i've been mummified
i thought i did a lot of laundry as a
mum but this really is next level
i hope the kids don't want to do one too
then there really will be trouble
i've had to make a laundry schedule to
keep on top of all of my kit
so it goes monday normal clothes
tuesday running clothes wednesday
running clothes thursday
running clothes friday
running clothes hang on when am i gonna
do my actual clothes again no
let me start again monday normal clothes
tuesday running clothes
i remember the first time i experienced
marinoy i was absolutely convinced i was
going to get injured or ill
started cleaning everything obsessively
that and
drinking an awful lot of lemon and
ginger tea ott
i've got a marathon in two weeks i can't
get sick
i've come up with a foolproof way not to
get ill
just stay at home
marathon training at times can feel
really hard and overwhelming
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there are so many energy products out
there and some work
wonders for some and not so well for
others if i could go back in time and
tell myself that that
untested gel i took on race day would
add 30 minutes to my overall time
i probably wouldn't have take it don't
try anything new on race day kids
experiment through your training we've
got a full video on gels to help you
through
and you thought staying on top of
hydration when you weren't training for
a marathon was difficult
i wish that someone had told me that
it's important to stay on top of your
hydration
even on the days that you're not running
to survive marathon training and
marathon racing you need to be kind to
yourself both in training
and in the race itself and the sooner
you learn this the better
so many of us have dreams of hitting
that
goal time but the truth is you've never
run 26.2 miles before so you don't know
how your body's going to
react and respond to it on the day so
why not instead switch your focus
to the achievement of finishing the
whole
thing because that in itself is a
massive
achievement and you can always hit your
goal time when you run marathon number
two
i mean come on you know you're gonna do
it
the start line of your very first
marathon is so exciting the butterflies
the nerves the buzz of excitement from
everybody else but if there was one
thing that i wish i'd told myself before
my first marathon it would be
run your own race don't set off too fast
absolutely don't try and race somebody
else
in those opening miles because you'll
pay for it later
try to stick to the pace that you've
planned believe me there is nothing
worse than
being overtaken by someone dressed as a
giant hot dog or in a furry costume when
you get to mile 15 and you're crawling
and it could be me in a panda suit
i know this seems mad 26.2 miles without
headphones
it's a joke right wrong marathon day is
magical you turn one corner there's a
live band you turn another
someone's playing a saxophone you might
find that you just get more
out of it if you leave their headphones
behind or
bring some smaller ones just in case
[Applause]
a marathon is like a roller coaster of
feelings it's cheesy but yeah
all the feelings one minute you'll be
loving life the next you'll want to quit
and so it goes on and unfortunately you
might experience
more than one wall but believe me you
will definitely be emotional when you
get to mile 20.
why did i sign up for this i am never
doing one of these again let's be honest
everyone cries during a marathon i mean
have you even run a marathon if you
haven't shed a tear or two
guilty wish it wasn't over
why is it over
don't worry it is totally normal to feel
a little
blue after the event after all you've
dedicated so
much time to get there and the buzz of
race day is like
nothing else if you are feeling a little
bit down about it and want to relive all
those incredible memories why not check
out some of our
marathon mulberry mile videos or
marathon in 2022 anyone
once you crossed the finish line you
seem to magically forget all those
negative emotions that came in waves
during the course of a run
as you're overcome with a feeling of
emotion and before you know it
you're looking for that book button all
over again oh
there's always another medal right apply
get in my first marathon didn't get the
time i wanted
but don't worry everything will be okay
we promise
you've done the work the hard bit is the
training think of all those long runs
that you did on your own or maybe with
a running mate or two nothing compares
to race day when you've got loads of
other runners around you you've got
people cheering your name
and cover dependent people handing out
water and jelly babies to you as well so
soak it up
you've earned this have you run a
marathon before what are some of the
things you wished you'd known before
race day or are you running your first
one
let us know in the comments below and
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