Sorry, "for Dummies" was taken. Marathon training used to mean to me what it means to most people.  Running through pain, battling injury as the miles pile up, taking extra days off as the body deteriorates, eventually skipping out on the longest, most important runs in the program.  For my first three marathons, I didn't…

I mentioned in an earlier post that my goal, for as long as I've been running marathons, has been to qualify for Boston.  For my age group, this requires a time of 3:10:59 or better in an approved marathon.  That's 7:17 per mile, for 26.2 miles.  My personal best so far is 3:20:30, at the…