How To Train For A Marathon.

In this interview, our very own Richard Sarkies talks about his 40 odd year running career, and the reason his marathon training started nine months before race day!

Watch the video, or you can listen to audio only.

00:25 – Running career highlights
01:30 – Coaching career highlights
02:38- City to Surf PB
03:00 – Running a marathon by mistake
03:50 – Other marathons
05:00 – 20 years in a nutshell
05:50 – Injury prevention
08:30 – Fund raising
09:30 – Why a 9 month lead in to the marathon?
10:15 – Mileage and intensity
12:50 – Cross training
15:00 – General nutrition
17:05 – Training run nutrition
19:00 – Race day breakfast and race nutrition
22:05 – Avoiding loo stops
23:00 – Training surfaces
24:10 – Using a GPS vs training and racing on feel
26:35 – Race plan
29:10 – How to prevent blowing up

If you want to take your running to the next level, you can start training online with your own personal running coach now.

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