Category: Exercise

Marathon Journey: 7 weeks in

The benefits and opportunities of running are available to anyone. You don’t have to be born a natural athlete, and you don’t have to be uniquely gifted. A life-shaping experience is there for the taking, waiting right outside your door. Donald Buraglio and Michael Dove I’m enjoying the journey! I love that there aren’t too many long runs needed, so hopefully, my knees will be okay. I am a big

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Marathon Journey: 4 weeks in

  As I reflect on my first four weeks of training, I’m feeling pretty good—although the long runs are mainly coming up over the next few weeks! I got lucky this last week as I had an IV on Monday for Osteoporosis, and I wasn’t warned how bad I would feel for the next 2-3 days. I tried running on Tuesday as normal and couldn’t make it more than half

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Leo Gestetner running on a beach during marathon training – marathon journey blog

I Said I’d Never Run a Marathon, But I Decided I’m Doing One

Running a marathon wasn’t something I had planned for. I’ve spent the last few years running half marathons and Olympic triathlons. But shoulder issues have put triathlons on hold. I recently ran one of my fastest half marathons during a regular Saturday run, which sparked an idea—why not take on a marathon? Just three weeks ago, I made the decision to go for it and signed up for a race

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