On April 15, tens of thousands of athletes will descend on Boston and its neighboring communities for the 128th Boston Marathon. As the world’s oldest annual marathon, the race attracts everyone from amateurs to the best runners in the world. While many will race, even more will...
All runners in Boston Marathon must be over 18 years old. However, you can still register when you’re 17, as long as you’ll be 18 years old by the race day. Time To qualify for the marathon, you need to fulfill the qualifier time set by the BAA based on your age. For each ag...
The Best Heart Rate Monitors for Runners A more sophisticated way to monitor the degree of stress of a workout is to check heart rates orblood-lactatevalues at various points during the effort or during recovery. Relying on these more scientific means of keeping track of your progress, however...
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The four-hour benchmark has become an important line in the sand, and many marathoners choose it as a goal. The difference between 3:59 and 4:01 finishing times is subjective but important to many runners. Note:A GPS watchorrunning appis mandatory for the training I’m advising here. ...
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Larger marathons, like those of the World Marathon Majors, see up to 45,000 runners take to the streets of large cities. Are you keen to run in a large group where the energy of the runners and crowd carry you along the course? Or would you prefer a smaller marathon that won’t see...
For women, running a half marathon in under 2 hours would put you in the top echelon of runners! You will likely need to put in a lot of miles and training to be a part of this group. So if the average half marathon finishing time for men is just over 2 hours, and about 2:20...
Looking for a personal best in a 5K? Follow one of these plans to run your fastest 5K yet. Hal Higdon –TheHal Higdon Advanced 5K Training Planis for seasoned runners looking to push themselves. Outside Magazine –TheirAdvanced 5K Training Planlasts 10 weeks, incorporating hill and track wor...