26miler.com

Tiffanie brought to my attention this video from Nova PBS. It is simply called the Marathon Challenge. For those of you planning the run the Marathon, this is a must-watch video.

It chronicles a group of normal people like you and I who trained together to complete the ultimate test of human endurance. The site is here — go check it out. Below is a little of the video which I gotten from the PBS Nova website:

Chapter 1 - The Training Begins Can a group of sedentary non-athletes be transformed in nine months into a team that can complete the Boston Marathon?

Chapter 2 - A Long Way to Go Serious training gets under way, and some members of team NOVA struggle with their own unique problems.

Chapter 3 - Born to Run? As the team moves into longer runs the injuries begin to mount, and one runner has to be replaced.

Chapter 4 - Mental Toughness For the longest training run—20 miles—more than fitness is required.

Chapter 5 - The Finish Line On the day of the race Team NOVA battles with severe weather conditions, and 40 weeks of preparation are put to the test.

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From the TrainHarder.com I found a nifty little website that I could use to keep a log of my training. Frankly, I am very impressed by it. Not only that it keeps track of my physical activities but I could also use it to map my run, and find running routes and trails.

You will need to register your self on MapMyRun.com before using it. There are quite a bit of functionality on it but for now, I am only using the “Log Training” module.

I had been keeping track of my runs on it for two weeks now and I diligently update it after each run. The calendar view gives me a quick overview of my runs.  It helps me see at a glance if I had actually been putting in 3-4 runs a week.  When I hover over each run icon, a popup shows me all the important stats:

• Time taken
• Average pace
• Average speed
• Total distance
• Calories burned
• Workout weight

It even keeps track of the total distance ran on my shoes.  Fancy!

I am quite sure that there are other sites like MapMyRun.com out there but for now, I am quite happy with it.  Are there other websites like this you know of?

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It happened so fast. Only days after I had put up this site, I got an email from trainharder.com that they found 26miler.com already through Google. It’s amazing how fast the site got crawled.

TrainHarder.com is a British Columbia based fitness resource site. This is exactly what I wanted … a localized site related to what I am trying to achieve. Frankly, the site somewhat intimated me. Here I am a newbie to running and fitness and the columnists on the site are really seasoned runners.

I compared my stats with some of them. Where I would struggle to do 5km in 44 minutes, there was this guy who did the same distance in 17 minutes. LOL! I sure got a long way to go, I know.

If you are into fitness, check this site out. Being a cyclist, and now a wannabe runner, I find this site very useful.

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