Heck, just join our Marathon 501 group and you will learn all this stuff, get personally coached and meet a bunch of new friends to train with!

There are 5 sections to our marathon training.

The Running section tells you all about form, injury prevention, speed work, stretching and more.
The Nutrition section will give you tips on what and how to eat when you're training for a marathon.
Get Motivated is just that…tricks to get you out the door and running. Even if it’s a dark, cold, rainy night!
The Countdown is to be read in sections. Look at it 8, 6, 4, and 2 weeks before the marathon, then look back at it again the week before the big event!

We recently received an email from Maggie after she completed her first marathon, P.F. Chang's Rock 'n Roll Arizona. She used the tips from the countdown to help her complete her race.

"Hi Randy,
I wanted to thank you again for your website because it was very inspiring to me. I just ran the Rock 'n Roll Marathon in Phoenix. I finished in 3:55 and for a 45 year old female who had never ran one before I'm damn proud.
The night before the race I reread the pages about the last week of training from your site. I had copied them before leaving. I read them to my husband aloud before we fell asleep. The part about mind over matter was very important to me and in the last three miles I could easily relate to everything you said. At mile 22 some people started walking and it was tempting, but most of us just dug deeper and pushed on to the finish. In the last half mile I was so determined I took off my last shirt and ran in my bra. I though I was running really fast. It felt fast at the time. But my husband later told me I was limping a swift 9:25 pace. I don't care! It felt great to me. Boston's next!
Thanks again for your inspiring words
Maggie"

Finally, Schedule will give you a look at a marathon schedule. Use this one, or follow one of your own.

Good luck! You Can Do It!