Russell Sergent has completed and competed in many marathons since he participated in the PF Chang’s Rock N Roll Marathon in 2008. Later that same year, Sergent founded Fleet Feet Sports, an athletic supply store dedicated almost entirely to helping distance runners get the best footwear and other gear to avoid injury and reach their goals. Sergent is now an experienced trainer and participant in marathons throughout the world. He has picked up many lessons training for distance running competitions of all distances, but marathon training is by far the most difficult for him. He loves to challenge himself to test his endurance and his stamina regularly by training for and completing marathons.
The more specific to a marathon your regular workouts are in the weeks leading up to the race, the more your training will help. Russell Sergent knows that training for a marathon can take up to a year to build the necessary stamina and pacing to complete such a long race. Part of planning for a marathon involves pacing. In addition to building up your stamina by running long distances at hard and easy paces, you have to find what distance runners call “marathon pace,” or the pace at which your body will be able to maintain to finish a marathon. Russell Sergent recommends, as a final training program soon before the race, to run one mile at an easy pace, and 14 at marathon pace every other day. Russell Sergent isn’t a personal trainer, so his advice might not work for all marathon runners. He does have the experience to back up his recommendations to customers of Fleet Feet Sports and more. Comments are closed.
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