One way to make a statement at a marathon is to turn up dressed in a fancy costume. If you cant come up with an original running costume idea you may steal ideas from fellow runners.
Two popular marathon running costume ideas
Elvis costume
Spiderman costume
Save the rhino costume
 Save the rhino costume at Flora London Marathon Running 26 miles is hard and what about bringing the Eiffel tower along with you
 This Parisian was spotted at 2009 New York Marathon More costume ideas can be seen at elite feet
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When most people undergo surgery of knee, ankle, hip or any other part of the leg they wonder whether it is possible to get back running. The answer is Yes.
Inspiration for recovering surgery from Joan Samuelson
Joan Samuelson was the first woman Olympic marathon champion. Looking at her career you will see she had a record of surgeries but she was able to return to road running and win races at the top level.
Joan Story story of overcoming surgeries
Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while slaloming. At Bowdoin College she excelled in athletics and then entered the 1979 Boston Marathon as a relative unknown. She won the race, while wearing a Red Sox cap,[1] in 2:35:15, knocking eight minutes off the competition record. She repeated that success with a victory again in 1983 that took more than two minutes off the world’s best time, set by Grete Waitz in the London Marathon just the day before, despite having had surgery on her Achilles tendons two years earlier.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics she won the first Olympic women’s marathon in a time of 2:24.52 in hot and smoggy conditions, more than a minute ahead of her rivals; again despite surgery, this time arthroscopic surgery on her knee 17 days before the trials earlier that year.
From Joan story, you can see it is possible to recover from surgery and get back to running. To get back to running you have to allow a full recovery. Make sure your Doctor is informed with your intention so that he can monitor your recovery because he alone has the authority to give you a green light to start running again.
Once your doctor gives you a go ahead start running on soft surfaces first such as treadmills, oval track and grass before hitting the tarmac.
Happy healing
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In preparation for 2010 london marathon I read the post race commentary of 2009 London marathon and in a bbc article I discovered a sad statistic that shows the london marathon finishing times have gotten slower since the marathon begun in 1981.
The top of the pack (the elite runners) they have gotten faster and faster but the rest of the field has gotten slower and slower.
In 1982, a time of two hours 40 minutes would have placed you 457th. Last year, it would have been good enough for 184th – this despite the huge increase in competitors.
Interesting Case of Mathew Parris
Matthew Parris, the Times columnist and former MP, finished in 1985 in the best time ever by an MP – an impressive two hours, 32mins, 57 seconds, for 385th out of about 20,000. In 2008 london marathon, this would have placed him 83rd out of 34,000. In 2007 London marathon (a hot day, admittedly), his time would have been good for 46th.
What this illustrates is the decline in the number of good runners who are clocking times between 2 hours 20 minutes up to 2 hours 50 minutes.
To read the full article visit the BBC Running site
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In my Inbox today morning I found the story of Albert Gordon. The twice oldest london marathon runner died in New York aged 107. Now that’s a long time to be alive.
More amazing fact about these veteran of London marathon. At 105, he was still working four days a week at Deltec Asset Management! He made calls to prospective clients well into his 90’s.
According to the New York times story Albert started marathon running in his 80’s.
Albert Gordon Secret To Long life
- Dedication to physical fitness that meant marathon running.
- He took one puff of a cigarette in his life.
- Didn’t salt his food.
- Limited his alcohol intake to a glass of Champagne a year.
- If you can walk? walk. He sometimes walked from the airport to the office.
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If you are training for the london marathon you should keep in mind the following marathon training principles:
When to start training for london marathon
The early you start your marathon training the better. 4 months prior to the marathon is a good idea. Training early has advantages, you get enough time to train and most importantly you have time to recover from inevitable running injuries.
The 10% rule of marathon training.
Never increase your weekly mileage, by more than 10 percent a week. If you do you will drastically increase the risk of running injury.
The long runs for london marathon
The long runs can be upto 20-23 miles (for the experienced runner) for the inexperienced runner this can be 5 – 15 miles depending on your level of experience. The long run should be done at least once a week.
Easy weeks
We love going full speed on our training but it is a good Idea to slow things down between your training weeks. This will allow you to stay fresh as you build on your overall workload.
Rest.
Taking a complete break from running is as important as running itself. Two to three days of complete rest will allow you body to recover from the stress of marathon running. Don’t take a long rest as you will lose all the gains from your training.
Hydration for london marathon
Keep drinking enough water. Water helps in preventing running injuries.
Nutrition for london marathon
Eating the right foods is important! You need to eat plenty of carbohydrates to give you energy. Eating foods rich in protein will help your body repair small tears that happen during training.
Taper for london marathon
Avoid overtraining by reducing your weekly mileage during the final two weeks before london marathon. This will ensure you arrive at the starting line feeling fresh and energised.
Good luck with your training!!
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As 36,000 london marathon runners disappear over the horizon, they will be hoping to finish the 26 agonising miles as first as possible and be home for lunch; but for Phil Packer, an iraq veteran, it will be the beginning of a 2 week crawl to the finish line.
Following a rocket attack in Basra, Iraq, the Royal Military Police officer was left with a severe spinal injury. The major had been told he would never walk again, let alone complete a marathon. The wounded Iraq veteran will attempt to walk London marathon in crutches.
One painful step at a time, the marathon will take him almost two weeks, mirroring the feat of brain-damaged former boxer Michael Watson in 2003. It will be two miles a day for Phil.
His story is remarkable!
His main mission is to raise a million pounds for injured service men. To support Phil Packer run london marathon visit Phil Packer website
From here at dailyrunningtips, I wish Phil all the best!
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If you are training for the london marathon you will benefit from the the following marathon running tips.
- Train hard but remember to take a rest.
- If a day or two of training is missed due to injury or illness or other reason, don’t try to cram two days of training into one. Lost days are simply lost days.
- Train at your projected marathon pace.
- Try to train at the time of the day the race starts and in the predicted weather condition as much as possible.
- Do the long runs.
- Remember to stretch
- Stay hydrated
- Eat well
- Do speed works round a track, it just makes your legs feel better.
- Listen to your body, If you feel tired take a rest, if you feel pain go easy, if the pain is too much stop running.
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Before the 1995 New York Marathon Marathoner Paul Evans from Britain was asked whether being 34 years old he was too old to win NYC marathon this is what he said,
“The registration on the car is quite old, but the engine doesn’t have many miles,”
I think that was a brilliant answer from a guy who left school at sixteen went to work as a cobbler then was laid off at 27. After his cobbler career died he was reborn as as professional athlete. Five years after he started running, in 1993, he finished seventh at NYC marathon in 2 hours 13 minutes 36 seconds. in 1994, he placed fifth in the London Marathon, lowering his personal best by five seconds to 2:10.31.
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Other elite runners at Haile Gebrselassie running clinics were Paul Tergat and Robert “Mwafrika” Cheruiyot. While Paul and Haile monopolised attention, Robert remained in the background. I even didn’t know he was around until someone called him out.
Robert has been one of my favourite athletes, he has won 4 boston marathon and one Chicago marathon and he was my bet to win the gold at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Why he dropped out of Beijing games
With the media focused on Haile and Paul I had him to myself. My first question was what happened at Beijing. He told me it was a case of overtraining. He really wanted to win the gold at Beijing and so he had pushed himself hard only to suffer a thigh injury close to the games that refused to heal on time.
About that famous fall at 2006 chicago marathon.
It was all bad luck! This was refreshing in an age when people are suing for even minor things.
Attacking the Haile Gebrselassie marathon record
He wants to break Haile Gebreselassie marathon record, hopefully at the world championship in August at Berlin, Germany.
If he breaks it in Berlin it will interesting to see what Samuel Wanjiru and Martin Lel will do at London marathon in September because that is the date they have set to crack Gebrselassie record and bring it back to Kenya.
As we were taking the above photo he pointed to the green grounds inside Nyayo National Stadium and noted that when he started running that ground was all dust.
8 years after he started running he has won 4 boston marathons and made lots of cash from running: Not bad for a man who started out as a barber.
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Today morning CNN had a clip of the new London Mayor Boris Johnson doing his morning run. I was surprised to see Boris, running considering he had rejected the challenge from one of his rivals to run london marathon to prove who is fit to be Mayor.
Prior to the London Mayoral election, Brian Paddick the Liberal Democratic party candidate was quoted, “Running London is an extremely tough and demanding job and the Mayor needs to be mentally and physically fit. “I am running the London Marathon this year and I challenge all Mayoral candidates to join me – it will be a real test of their mettle. “If people vote for me on 1st May, they know I will be fit for office.”…
It seems Boris was just a closet runner who didn’t want to risk a bad performance that would have got him bad publicity when he list needed it. Remember how Barrack Obama memorably bowled a deplorable 37 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Now the American working class are having difficulty identifying with Obama! ……On the other hand, Paddick finished London marathon in just under 5 hours….Did that create some doubts on voter minds on his readiness to be Mayor?
One thing Boris (the runner) needs to work on is his choice of running attire, I thought what he was wearing looked like his Pyjama suit! ……He was in such hurry to get out of the house that he forgot to change into his trainers?
With 2012 Olympics being held in London, I think the people of London made a good choice in electing Boris (the runner) as their Mayor.
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