Has anyone here ever ran a marathon? I'm getting ready to run one in January down in Miami. I've always been in pretty good shape and I've done a lot of running over the years but I figured someone may have a tip or two.

I'm shooting for a time of 4 hours & 48 minutes (if my math is correct that's 11 minutes per mile for a 26.2 mile course)

On the training & nutrition:

Over the last 3 months I've been running about 15-30 miles per week. Usually anywhere between 2.5 to 5.5 miles. This Saturday I'll run 10 miles (1st time in a really long time) at about a 9 minute pace. I'm going to have to get really early to finish the run before this Florida heat kills me :cool:

I'll be keeping the carbs up-I don't buy into any of this Atkins garbage. It's really not good for you, besides, you need the extra energy when you're doing endurance training. FYI-I'm looking at 3,000-4,000 calories a day while training for this, maybe even more as I get nearer to the event (01/30/05).

It blows my mind that people can run 26 miles in that kind of time.

It blows my mind that people can run 26 miles in that kind of time.
It blows my mind that people can run 26 miles period!!!

Yeah, now that you mention it...

Well, so far that's just the plan. I'll know a little later if my time will be realistic :D

Well if you can run 26 miles in 3 days or less, I'll be impressed. :D