Running Resources
Running ResourcesThe official konamarathon.com web site has lots of details about the race including a map of the course and schedule details.
MarathonGuide.com
includes
comments about the race
course from people who have actually run the race.
Summary: beautiful, hot, & hilly.
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marathontraining.com - Highly recommended, focused on beginners. Author Art Liberman spent 5 years working with individuals on the LLS Team in Training program. This site focuses on injury prevention and development of marathon training for beginners. Includes suggested schedules plus articles on weight training, stretching, nutrition, shoe selection, and much more. | |
| Real Runner | |
| somewhat annoying graphics and navigation. However, it has a good set of articles just for women. Articles from finding the right sports bra to finding time to run. | |
| Run Injury Free | |
| By Jeff Galloway - a popular running author who advocates frequent walking breaks. Galloway writes a monthly article for Runner's World. The site includes recommended training schedule and a few of his RW articles. | |
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| Runner's World Magazine 's home page has lots of general information for runners. | |
| NewRunner.com is a useful subset of Runner's World. It provides very useful basic information. Particularly, look for injury prevention. | |
| Dr. Pribut's Sports Page | |
| Dr. Pribut's Sports Page is an excellent and well respected resource. It is a somewhat technical running resource focused on preventing and treating running injuries. | |
| D B Sports | |
| Brick & mortar site.
Recommended by SE Mass team member Dana Greene. North Attleboro - 546 Kelley Blvd - 508-695-4499 |
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| Marathon Sports | |
Not a web site, but a brick &
mortar site. Highly recommended running specialty store
in the area. Three locations:
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| "Road Runner Sports" | |
| On-line/catalog shopping for shoes and other apparel. | |
| National Running Center | |
| On-line/catalog shopping for shoes and other apparel. | |
| Polar | |
| Polar is the company which will most likely produce a heart monitor if you buy one. Visit this site to get a comparision of the available models and features in each of the models. | |
| American Dietetic Association | |
| An authority on nutrition. | |
| Let's Run | |
| an amateurish but interesting site mostly of runners sharing personal experience. They have "advice for a beginner marathon" which isn't well organized, but with patience can reveal some useful insights. | |
| Cool Running | |
| information about running and on-line race registration. | |
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| Yahoo's Running index has hundreds of links. Or check Yahoo!Boston's Running index for local resources. Yahoo!Boston's index features a few pages for local running clubs. | |
Major marathons in the North East:
Boston Marathon,
New York Marathon,
Ocean State Marathon (RI),
Hartford Marathon,
Marine Corps Marathon.