How Long Is A Marathon?
Running a
marathon is a very popular lifetime goal for anyone with an interest in running and keeping
fit. But how long is a
marathon?
The marathon is 26.2 miles or 41.2
kilometres in length and can take anywhere from 2 hours 4 minutes (Paul Tergat
of Kenya) to 8
hours or more for some of the more unfit, older or less experienced
runners.
Over
800 organised marathons take place each
year in some of the most famous cities in the
world such as London, New York, Athens, Stockholm to name just a few.
Many of these
will have tens of thousands of entrants and some are so difficult to take part in because of
the high volume of interest, that they operate a
lottery system whereby entrants are randomly selected as opposed to simply
choosing to run.
Marathons have
become a very popular way for charities to raise
funds and awareness of their causes. Many people choose a charity which has a
particular relevance to them, for example they might have lost a relative or friend to a
particular disease or know someone that is fighting an
illness.
Regardless of
what the charity is, the opportunity to raise money for a worthy cause at the same time as
overcoming a personal challenge holds a huge
appeal for the many people who enter marathons each
year.
Running a
marathon isn’t easy to do, you need to be fully
prepared and above all completely understand how your body responds to the stresses and
strains you will be putting it under. The truth is most people are capable of running a marathon,
but they won’t simply because they don’t follow the right training
advice.
If you’ve often wondered ‘how long is a marathon' and are considering running your
first one then you need to follow a schedule designed specifically for a beginner. ‘Marathon Training For Beginners’ is an
entertaining and easy to use marathon
training schedule for complete beginners that want to learn how to successfully
run a marathon in the shortest possible time, without experiencing potentially serious long
term injury problems and overtraining pitfalls that most beginners
face.
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