Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon
Whether running your first or fiftieth marathon, Marathoner is everything you need to know about running a marathon. This is your go-to, illustrated reference that breaks down the race from start to finish line and beyond.

Marathoner is a celebration of running 26.2 miles and all the crazy, painful, shocking, and exhilarating moments that come along the way. Each of the 26.2 chapters (OK, 29, but that's not as fun) offers mile-by-mile insights and information helpful to all runners—from first-timer to veteran marathoner—including how to choose the right race with a guide to marathons around the world; prerace advice on how to train and prepare leading up to the race; how to approach the starting area; mile-by-mile advice on taking in fluids and sustenance; staying calm and loose during the long journey; tips for marathon bathroom emergencies; ways to handle "the wall" racers hit around Mile 20; and a postrace recovery food bucket list.

Just like a starting line wouldn't be complete without standing-room-only runners, Marathoner is also jam-
packed with myriad practical and entertaining factoids, making it indispensable as a gift for any runner. An analysis of starting-line traditions? Running playlists? The history and evolution of running shoes? Find your answers here!
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Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon
Whether running your first or fiftieth marathon, Marathoner is everything you need to know about running a marathon. This is your go-to, illustrated reference that breaks down the race from start to finish line and beyond.

Marathoner is a celebration of running 26.2 miles and all the crazy, painful, shocking, and exhilarating moments that come along the way. Each of the 26.2 chapters (OK, 29, but that's not as fun) offers mile-by-mile insights and information helpful to all runners—from first-timer to veteran marathoner—including how to choose the right race with a guide to marathons around the world; prerace advice on how to train and prepare leading up to the race; how to approach the starting area; mile-by-mile advice on taking in fluids and sustenance; staying calm and loose during the long journey; tips for marathon bathroom emergencies; ways to handle "the wall" racers hit around Mile 20; and a postrace recovery food bucket list.

Just like a starting line wouldn't be complete without standing-room-only runners, Marathoner is also jam-
packed with myriad practical and entertaining factoids, making it indispensable as a gift for any runner. An analysis of starting-line traditions? Running playlists? The history and evolution of running shoes? Find your answers here!
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Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon

Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon

Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon

Marathoner: What to Expect When Training for and Running a Marathon

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Whether running your first or fiftieth marathon, Marathoner is everything you need to know about running a marathon. This is your go-to, illustrated reference that breaks down the race from start to finish line and beyond.

Marathoner is a celebration of running 26.2 miles and all the crazy, painful, shocking, and exhilarating moments that come along the way. Each of the 26.2 chapters (OK, 29, but that's not as fun) offers mile-by-mile insights and information helpful to all runners—from first-timer to veteran marathoner—including how to choose the right race with a guide to marathons around the world; prerace advice on how to train and prepare leading up to the race; how to approach the starting area; mile-by-mile advice on taking in fluids and sustenance; staying calm and loose during the long journey; tips for marathon bathroom emergencies; ways to handle "the wall" racers hit around Mile 20; and a postrace recovery food bucket list.

Just like a starting line wouldn't be complete without standing-room-only runners, Marathoner is also jam-
packed with myriad practical and entertaining factoids, making it indispensable as a gift for any runner. An analysis of starting-line traditions? Running playlists? The history and evolution of running shoes? Find your answers here!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780789341389
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication date: 10/11/2022
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 8.70(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Matthew Huff is a writer and runner. His writing has appeared in Runner's World and Buzzfeed, among other places. He hosts a weekly pop culture podcast called P.S. You're Wrong and regularly performs improv comedy. Previously he was a literary agent, writing tutor, and McDonald's employee. His first race was the Dairy Dash 5K in Elsie, Michigan, which he slowly shuffled through for the bagels.

Table of Contents

Preface 11

26 Marathon Training Tips

Which Marathon Should You Run?

Marathon Morning

26 + 1 Marathons to Run

How Are You Getting to the Starting Line?

Mile 1 Happy Crowds 25

Famous Mile Is

Corral

Ideal Body Prep

The Very First Marathon

Marathon Legend Meb Keflezighi

Starting-Line Traditions

Mile 2 First Assessments 33

Adrenaline and Endorphins

Bib

Running with a Companion

Veteran Marathon Pacer Jim Crist

Famous Mile 2s

Mile 3 Aid Stations 39

Famous Mile 3s

Water vs. Sports Drink

Foot Strike

How to Tackle an Aid Station

Unusual Aid Station Foods

Mile 4 Finding Your Rhythm 49

Cadence

Famous Mile 4s

Private Parts

Must-Have Songs for a Running Playlist

Running Club Leaders Kat Wang and Brinda Ayer

There's a Woman on the Course

Mile 5 Gear and Equipment 57

Pronation

Breathing

One Piece of Gear You Can't Live Without

The Evolution of the Running Shoe

Running Store Owner Curt Munson

Famous Mile 5s

Mile 6 The Runner's High 67

Famous Mile 6s

Long Slow Distance

Sweat

Marathon Coach Greg McMillan

Victory for Japan Korea

Mile 7 Nutrition 73

Carb-Loading

Eating during the Race

Famous Mile 7s

Marathon Nutrition Guru Elyse Kopecky

Go-To Race-Day Breakfast

Mile 8 Terrain 81

Famous Mile 8s

The Feet

Runcation

A Marathon Comeback

Elevation Charts

Race Operator Joe Connelly

Ideal Running Vacation Destination

Mile 9 Bathrooming 89

Famous Mile 9s

Roadsiding

Pooping

Marathon Etiquette

Mile 10 Weather 95

Famous Mile 10s

Weather-Related Injuries

Heat Index

Boston Marathon Champion Des Linden

Mile 11 Maintenance 103

The Knees

Famous Mile 11s

Foam Roller

Wheelchair Racing Extraordinaire Amanda McGrory

A Marathoner on Wheels

Sharing the Course

Mile 12 Course Shapes 113

Marathon Course Shapes

Ideal Running Form

Famous Mile 12s

Strava

New York City Marathon Founder George Hirsch

Favorite Marathon Course

Mile 14 The Half-Marathon 129

Cramping

Famous Mile 14s

Elite

Half-Marathon King Ryan Hall

Wild and Wacky Halves

Mile 15 The Barren Second Half 137

Famous Mile 15s

BQ

The Mind

Running with the Motorcade

Former Runner's World Editor in Chief Amby Burfoot

Mile 16 First Signs of Weakness 147

Famous Mile 16s

Bandit

That First Twinge

Marathon World Records

Women and Men

The Olympic Marathon's 100th Birthday

Runner-of-all-Trades Danielle Quatrochi

Mile 17 The Wandering Mind 155

Famous Mile 17s

Running vs. Walking

Run-Walk

Joggler Michal Kapral

Mile 18 The Second Wind 161

Famous Mite 18s

Hot Spots and Blisters

Runhole

Con Woman on the Course

Mile 19 Pop Culture 165

Streaker

Famous Mile 19s

Dizziness

Run for Charity

Marathons on Screens Big and Small

Famous Marathoners and Their Times

Streakers Bennett Beach and Dave Obelkevich

Mile 20 Hitting the Wall 175

Famous Mile 20s

Hitting the Wall

The Wall

Break Up with Your Marathon Buddy?

Des Linden's Book Club

Mile 21 Regret 181

Leapfrogging

Famous Mile 21s

Chafing

Worst Mile of the Marathon

London Marathon Panda Kate Carter

Mile 22 Supporters 187

Famous Mile 22s

Black Toenails

PR

Virtual Marathons

Marathon Proposals: Dos and Don'ts

Fun Marathon Signs

Mile 23 Medical issues 193

Famous Mite 23s

DNF

Hyponatremia

Why People Quit

Marathons at the Olympics

Marathon Medical Director George Chiampas

Mile 24 Not Caring 201

Public Health

Famous Mile 24s

Runchies

Boston Strong

Marathon Security

New York City Marathon Race Director Jim Heim

Mile 25 The Walking Dead 211

Famous Mile 25s

A Marathon in Under Two Hours

Chip Time

Hallucinations

Let's Make the Marathon a Sport

Mile 26 Picking It Back Up 217

The Final Push

Ultramarathoner

What's Longer Than a Marathon?

Olympic Speedskater Apolo Ohno

Famous Mile 26s

The .2: Finish 223

Hardware

Crying

First Marathon

Famous Finishes

Why the .2?

New York City Marathon Winner Shalane Flanagan

Postrace 231

Recovery

How to Get the Best Marathon Photos

Navigating the Finish Festival

Favorite Postmarathon Treat

Acknowledgments 237

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