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M&B Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 Advanced Marathoning If you’ve managed to master the beginning and intermediate training schedules that I outlined in the two previous issues of M&B and you’ve been able to… Roy Stevenson · 25 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 Johnny John Joseph Kelley, who died on August 21, 2011, was the first American to win the Boston Marathon since the end of World War II. He… Rich Englehart · 19 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Gender Equity In 2000 the Marquette University women’s cross-country team advanced to what would be its first of six consecutive NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championship appearances. A year… Steve Paske · 14 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 The Mystique Of The Marathon What would we do for fun if the Persians had won the Battle of Marathon? This thought occurred to me while I was in Greece last… Hal Higdon · 28 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Intermediate-Level Marathoning If you follow my stringent guidelines in the September/October 2011 issue of Marathon & Beyond for running your first marathon, you should complete your race without… Roy Stevenson · 17 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Marathon Training For Beginners: It’S All About The Mileage How to train for and run your first marathon. by Roy Stevenson Finishing your first marathon is an exciting, rewarding, and emotional experience and may well… Roy Stevenson · 26 min read Vol. 15, No. 4 · 2011 Jenny Kyle Stays In It For the Long Run Georgia woman overcomes physical problems to remain top runner. by Stephen Prudhomme Jenny Kyle’s marathon career has spanned over three decades, one in which quality rather… Stephen Prudhomme · 12 min read Vol. 15, No. 4 · 2011 Astaris Born Shortly after Shalane Flanagan’s marathon debut in New York City, she and her husband, Steve Edwards, boarded a plane for a trip to the Hawaiian Islands.… Tito Morales · 26 min read Vol. 15, No. 2 · 2011 Is Supplementary Aerobic Training Necessary for the Marathon? Oh, if I only knew back then what I know now, I sure would have changed a few things about my training. My running career began… Roy Stevenson · 16 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Howitrained For My First 100-Miler Build gradually—and logically—toward your goal race and enjoy the journey. by Carey Smith “B eep, beep, beep, beep . . . ” The amber light of… Carey Smith · 16 min read Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Being Brad Hudson The athlete A native of Summit, New Jersey, and the son of a longshoreman, Brad first began running at age 9 when he joined a “run… Anna Heintz · 14 min read Vol. 14, No. 6 · 2010 The Science and Art of Peaking and Tapering for Your Best Marathon As a keen junior distance runner in New Zealand, I'll never forget a lesson that I learned when I was forced to cut back my training.… Roy Stevenson · 23 min read Vol. 14, No. 6 · 2010 Running My Life, Part 3 Part 3 of 3 Editor’s note: On April 21, 1969, Bruce Tulloh of England set out to run from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, with… Bruce Tulloh · 22 min read Vol. 14, No. 5 · 2010 Shalane Flanagan: The Runners’ Daughter On November 7, 2010, Shalane Flanagan will line up at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island for her first attempt at a marathon.… Tito Morales · 44 min read Vol. 14, No. 4 · 2010 The Marathon Life Of Reilly So you think you would like to be an athletic agent. Zephyring through airports to exotic locations, schmoozing with fit-looking thinclads, running helter-skelter down forested trails… P.J. Christman · 23 min read Vol. 14, No. 4 · 2010 Bree Lambert “I ▲ Athletics does not completely consume Bree, as she balances her competitive nature and the demands of endurance training with her personal training practice and… Kirk Flatow · 14 min read Vol. 14, No. 3 · 2010 Qualifying For Boston At Kona How to land that qualifying time after swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112. by Cathy Tibbetts Of thousands of people who run marathons every year in… Cathy Tibbetts · 19 min read Vol. 14, No. 2 · 2010 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 2) BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, April 20, 2009—Boston is my hometown ▲ Boston, April 17, 2000: The author (center) runs her first marathon. Friends Renee LaPlume (left) and Denise… Ellen Lyons · 20 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 Going For The All-Geezerteam My goodness, it’s a lovely day! I’m running easily through gorgeous, leafy suburban Concord, Massachusetts, surrounded by fleet, fit females as we hit the first mile… Thomas Hart · 27 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 Choosing The Perfect Marathon Training Program Let’s be honest. The friends who twisted your arm to sign up for this year’s marathon are in way better shape than you are. Their training… Anna Heintz · 15 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 Just Joe It is 1970. You’re a college freshman running for a very mediocre cross-country team. As a high school runner, you were even less than mediocre. But… Rich Englehart · 44 min read Vol. 13, No. 6 · 2009 See Mary Run The high school track coach had other things to do, so he casually told the girls to go run around the track until they were tired.… Anne Button · 18 min read Vol. 13, No. 6 · 2009 The Valley Girl (Editor’s note: At the turn of the millennium, novelist Paul J. Christman visited Deena Drossin in Alamosa, Colorado, where she was living and training. He herein… P.J. Christman · 41 min read M&B Vol. 13, No. 5 · 2009 Advanced Training Techniques For The Marathon At some stage of their running career, all marathoners stop improving, even seasoned ones with several marathons under their belts. If you have reached a plateau… Roy Stevenson · 19 min read
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