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It's hard to believe that at the beginning of this year, Wendy Fry was a gluttonous, lazy slob. (Her words, not mine.) From just the email interactions we had as she trained for her first marathon, I knew there was much more to the enthusiastic, motivated woman I was talking to than those words conveyed….
When it comes to taking on a challenge as big as training for your first marathon, you don't want to go it alone. My first marathon was anything but a success. Sure, I finished the race (2002 Rock 'n Roll San Diego), but I took so many missteps throughout the training—and even on race day—that…
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This post is an excerpt from the Marathon Roadmap, a guide to running your first marathon on a vegetarian diet. Click here to learn more about it. Choosing Your First Marathon If you're anything like me, you probably have some big, some-might-say-ridiculous plans in your head for 2011. If, for you, those plans include running…
A lot of you are getting closer to running your first marathon or half marathon this Fall, and taper time is near. Congratulations on making it this far! My first marathon was nothing short of a disaster. When two college buddies and I lined up in the first corral of the Rock 'n' Roll San…
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