Should I do a marathon? any tips?

marmary94

Hello, I was wondering could I do a marathon. I go running and everyday i love it. i have been running for the past year maybe more I cant remember. I used to do zumba and boxercise last year aswel but gave it up because it was getting too expensive. I lift kettle bells 3-4 times a week. I would consider myself pretty fit, I have gotten 10.5 in the beep test .

My friend and I are hoping to do a marathon in May, we decided we better start training but another friend of mine did the half marathon and she told me not to do a full one because its only for extreme runners and i wasnt good enough/fit enough.
Should we do the marathon?

By the way I have done Runs before but not a full Marathon, and i walked the Camino earlier this year.
And my friend who ran the half marathon only started running a week before hand.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

Have you done a half?
IMHO, going from running a couple of races to a full marathon is a bit nuts. And as for your friend who didn't train much for a half, you can cheat the training for a half, you cannot cheat the training for a full.

I suggest you do at least one half before you jump to a full. I've been running for a while, have done 5 halfs (some with very little training) and I would not even consider a full at this point.

blueyegirl0712

I agree with Binkybonk. I would do at least one half marathon before doing a full. I just did my 1st half marathon and there is no way I think I am ready to do a full. I did find a good training program on halfmarathon.com. Good luck!