Marathon Running

The Chicago Marathon
I Have A Secret Desire To Run The Chicago Marathon!
Do you want to run a marathon, too? The word going hand-in-hand on the street is: "Lance Armstrong and the Chicago Marathon". As if anyone thinking of trying to keep up with him on a bike wasn't daunting enough! And let me tell you, running the Chicago Marathon would be a big deal for a non-runner like me. Here's the thing... Just because I don't consider myself a "real runner" doesn't mean that I couldn't actually do it, right? Is this a dream of yours, too? Well, let's say we do this ...

Marathon Training Schedule for Beginners
Training Schedule and Tips For Beginning Marathoners
Marathon training schedule for beginners is designed to give beginning runners the tools, confidence and motivation to gets started on a long distance running path. Included is a 26 week training plan that will take somebody from couch to finish line. The focus of this site for people that really have very little prior running experience. Helping you make your goal of finishing a marathon is what we are all about. Finishing a marathon is worth the effort. Lets do it together!

Grabbing Gold at Two Oceans Marathon, Collen Makaza, Former 50KM IAU World Champ
A wicked sense of humor!
Collen Makaza, born 25 May 1981, is proudly Zimbabwean and lives in Harare with his fiance Precious, and their sons, Collen Junior and Craig. Collen's first love was soccer and although whilst growing up he played, he was driven towards running. He is a loyal, committed and passionate man who is dedicated to doing what he can to improve road-running and the development of athletics amongst youngsters in Zimbabwe. He often tells a story about how he got the "running bug", and he related it re...