Now Is The Time To Start Training For That Fall Marathon

by Neighborhood Trainers Finding a trainer is a personal choice

Training for a marathon is different from training for almost anything else. The 10,000 meters is something along the line, but still, it is a different beast. Even the half marathon is not quite the same. Training is not as simple as just do what you have done over again.

If you run a half marathon you have to get through 13 miles. Even if you walk it at about three miles an hour – most people walk faster than that by the way – you will be finished by lunch time. If you run at 8 miles an hour you will be finished in well less than 2 hours.

But for sports like the marathon and the tris and ultras, there is another component altogether. A Tribeca personal training professional will tell you that yes, it’s about fitness, of course. You need to have the stamina to pound through 26.2 miles. But you also need to develop the mental acuity too.

Personal trainers in New York have long understood the mental facet of the long-distance runner’s bag of tricks to get through. There is a British film called Run Fat Boy, Run. The (anti)hero finally comes up against the wall and the film literally has him face a huge, insurmountable, unending wall of brick. Needless to say, when he gets around it – everyone is cheering him on and willing him home.

Personal trainers will help the aspiring marathoner prepare for the things they will meet along the path. But they can also help the experienced marathoner get faster or do things better. Unless doing a marathon is a part of a bigger goal, you will probably want to work with a trainer who has done the run themselves.

Are you recovering from an injury? If you have run before but had a setback, you might have suffered a breakdown in confidence. If there is anything which will undermine your ability to finish, it is wondering if you will finish. It is a horrible place to be.

When you start to work with a trainer, they will take a dispassionate look at your goals and where you are. The right one will then tell you if you are being realistic, and then as a team you will get to work.

Your trainer has experience and has seen it before, so if they believe you can do it, with the work of course, then you can be certain you can do it.