March 04, 2005
Get Moving
I read an article in Prevention magazine last night -- the last bastion of all things healthy (no clue why I'm reading it, but that's a topic of another post), and the article was about the benefits of walking. I'm well aware of the benefits, as I try to go on long walks several times a week around our neighborhood, usually with Miss Maggie (that's a dog who loves to walk). However, the article also had a training schedule to help people prepare to walk a marathon.
This really sounds like a great idea. I've never considered entering marathons before, as I absolutely hate running. It is difficult to measure the depths of my hatred for running. But walking? That I can do. I obviously couldn't walk a marathon, or even a half-marathon, without proper training, but the article includes a six-month training schedule that gives details on what to do. I looked online and saw that there's a marathon in Baton Rouge in December, so I'd have plenty of time to train for that. Sadly, I won't have time to enter the next marathon in New Orleans, scheduled for later this month.
Any tips from anyone who's done this before?
Posted by Kitty at March 4, 2005 09:41 AM
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I will definitely let you know. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't actually do it unless I had someone along with me as encouragement.
Posted by: kitty at March 8, 2005 07:33 AM
Sounds great. Maybe a marathon for both of us in 2006? 2007?
Posted by: Suzanne at March 8, 2005 09:00 PM
I'm going to shoot for 2006, but we'll see how it goes!
Posted by: kitty at March 9, 2005 06:22 PM
That's a great idea! I haven't ever walked a marathon, but check out the "Stay of Execution" blog (not sure if it's "wrong" to post the URL here, but if you do a Google search for that phrase, you'll get the right page). The author's done two and talks alot about her training gear, schedules, etc. Good luck!
Posted by: Baby Lawyer at March 10, 2005 11:13 AM
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Good for you. I tried to train to walk a marathon recently. Got up to about 12 miles and deceided this was too much time...over 4 hours. I just didn't have the "extra" time. Shelved the idea until after retirement, Since this is in 1/2006, if you do a marathon that year, let me know. I'm a great walker.
Posted by: Suzanne at March 7, 2005 07:23 PM