How to Prepare for a Marathon: More Physiological Aspects

Before you go to bed each night, write down in your training log what workout you did? How it went? How you are feeling? And any other information that can tell you how the training is going.

Some days, of course, you might just write rest. Marathon training can be stressful and you can't do it successfully if you are not giving your body a chance to recover. Take rest days as needed and get extra sleep when you can, otherwise you will be burning the candle at both ends.

One more thing before we move on. Enter a shorter race now and then, 5K, 10K, half marathon, it's a good way to learn the rules of the racing scene, where to pin your number? How to warm-up? How to manage that queasy stomach of yours? And it's also a nice way to rev up your energy now and then. Don't wait until marathon morning to experience your first organized running event. You will be befuddled enough as it is. That's a physiological side of marathon preparation. Focused running, steadily increase demands on your body and plenty of rest and recovery.


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