Sentence examples for marathon preparation from inspiring English sources

The former Olympian Jeff Galloway, a marathon coach with two relays under his belt, cautioned that marathoners would need one to two weeks to recover after a relay, and that it could compromise marathon preparation.

This was hardly a new idea—Frank Shorter, the last American man to win an Olympic marathon gold, always incorporated track racing into his marathon preparation, and Hall had often declared his intentions to do the same.

Staples of marathon preparation include weekly 20-mile training runs to teach the body to convert fat to fuel as well as carbohydrate-loading pasta dinners to increase glycogen in the muscles.

This was hardly a new idea — Frank Shorter, the last American man to win an Olympic marathon gold, always incorporated track racing into his marathon preparation, and Hall had often declared his intentions to do the same.

But his marathon preparations usually coalesce in the final month.

Hall also came to believe that his lack of intensive speed work, based on 5k and 10k training, was detrimental to his Olympic marathon preparations.

This lack of knowledge is concerning since endurance athletes are at increased risk due to the high volume training associated with ultra-marathon preparation and possible inadvertent low energy availability [18].

Then I joined Corona del Mar track coach Bill Sumner's marathon-preparation group and qualified for the Boston Marathon.

"You would not run a marathon without preparation: Why would you go into labor without preparing for it?" 4. It Can Keep You In Shape.

I was 50 in March and had lots of running lined up to celebrate – marathons in Palestine and London, and a 50k coastal race in the autumn with the Bath Two Tunnels marathon as preparation.

Jedward are not the only figures said to have completed a marathon without preparation.