Marathon

Here's some advice: learn English. You have six errors of grammar and spelling in your two sentences. That's impressive even by letsrun standards.

1. There is an apostrophe between the "I" and the "m" in the term "I'm." You made this mistake twice.

2. In English, we do not capitalize words in the middle of a sentence unless they are a proper noun. The word "marathon" is not a proper noun. If you were referring to a specific marathon, like the "Chicago Marathon," then it would have been appropriate to use capital letters.

3. There should not be a comma between"Marathon" and "I." It should be a period.

4. "Advice" not "advise".

5. After "now" you should use a comma.

At to your request for "advise," can you be a little more specific?

I have never ran a marathon

I'm running 35 miles a week

I could really use some training advice

I could use some advice on a schedule

I could use some nutritional advice

Is 6 months enough time to prepare for a full marathon

you asked for it wrote:

Here's some advice: learn English. You have six errors of grammar and spelling in your two sentences. That's impressive even by letsrun standards.

1. There is an apostrophe between the "I" and the "m" in the term "I'm." You made this mistake twice.

2. In English, we do not capitalize words in the middle of a sentence unless they are a proper noun. The word "marathon" is not a proper noun. If you were referring to a specific marathon, like the "Chicago Marathon," then it would have been appropriate to use capital letters.

3. There should not be a comma between"Marathon" and "I." It should be a period.

4. "Advice" not "advise".

5. After "now" you should use a comma.

At to your request for "advise," can you be a little more specific?

Brilliant

Where might I find a trainer in Fresno to help me prepare for my first marathon.

The marathon is November 9

I'm running 35 miles a week

Does anyone have advice on a training schedule

Pfitzinger's "Advanced Marathoning"

Benji Durden's programme

http://www.copacabanarunners.net/indinggeral.html?http://www.copacabanarunners.net/ipath.html

Both good marathon-specific resources for a range of abilities.

I used "AM" last year and ran 2:35 (10 minute PR). There are schedules from 70. Check it out.

Hey, friend--

You're very conscientious in taking the other poster's grammar advice, except the first sentence should be "I have never *run* a marathon"--but still, not a bad start. You seem very coachable. :)

Of course, besides fast runners (which I'm not--just someone who's run a lot of years) or running coaches (which I'm not), there are many here who likely are editors or English teachers in their offline lives--or maybe only when online. ;) I hope you get the running advice you're looking for.

As for the marathon, I don't have the expertise many of the others here offer, so just some general comments, FWIW.

First, a lot depends on what your goals are for this marathon, your past racing experience (especially, have you done longer races such as half-marathons?), your age (if you're younger, you're probably going to be able to ramp up mileage more easily), and what kind of times you're running. Also, how long have you been running up to now? Less than a year? 1-3 years? More?

All that said, I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to ramp up from 35 to, say, 50 or so miles per week, which would be enough to get you to the finish line in pretty good shape--not a lot in the eyes of many posting here, but often marathon schedules for newcomers top out at about that--sometimes even less. Again, it depends on what your goal is and a lot of other factors besides.

You might want to check out some of the marathon schedules that are out there--you'll find them for just about every level, beginner to advanced, and often with guidelines to help you decide where you fit.

Here's a link that gives you suggestions on deciding which program to use:

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Find-A-Good-Marathon-Training-Schedule&id=839236

Good luck and good running to you!

you asked for it wrote:

At to your request for "advise," can you be a little more specific?

Did you really just end a long, convoluted, stream of drivel about grammar by saying "at to your request"?

Hey Strunk & White, here is some advise (sic) from the peanut gallery: prior to busting the chops of the original poster, look in the proverbial mirror. "I'm" is not so much a "term" as it is a contraction. Get your "terms" straight, mon ami. "(U)nless they are a proper noun" just ain't gonna cut it, sportsfan. You can correct that one yourself. Finally, please rewrite the last sentence in your post so it emerges upon the Letsrun board as an intelligible question.

Thank you

Thank you for the kind help

run4ahl wrote:

I have never ran a marathon

I'm running 35 miles a week

I could really use some training advice

I could use some advice on a schedule

I could use some nutritional advice

Is 6 months enough time to prepare for a full marathon

If you're truly running 35 miles a week then you'll definitely be okay to run a marathon in 6 months. Lots of folks who complete marathons do it with less than 20 miles per week (they'll be behind you, trying to keep up).

I'm sure everyone here has their favorite guru, but I like to direct beginners towards Hal Higdon's training schedules (see halhigdon.com).

For nutrition: eat lots of pasta and veggies. Instead of beer, drink red wine.

Good luck!

I would recommend getting a book with training information. There are tons of books on marathoning, but really only two good ones. They are:

"Marathon - You can do it!" by Jeff Galloway.

and

"Marathoning for Mortals: A Penguin's Guide to Marathoning" by John Bingham.

Jeff Galloway is probably the most read and classic text, but I prefer Bingham for two reasons:

1) Galloway's training plans are unnecessarily long and drawn out.

2) Galloway's book has a lot of conflicting information in it.