Marathon Runner

Marathon Runner

Running a marathon is hardest goal for someone to achieve because it takes time and effort to achieve this goal to run for a 26 miles. I have not yet to achieve to run a marathon race but I would like to run in a marathon race in the near future. According to one website which they talk about preparing a marathon race,

“This can be a journey can be prepare by running a few times a week, varying the time, distance and speed in order to maximize his or her training. Common preparations for races up to a half marathon routinely involve running distances exceeding that of the race itself. Most medical professionals, however, recommend that marathon runners not exceed the 26.2 miles before race day, because studies have shown that such long-distance training can break the body down more than can be easily repaired.

A common marathon-training plan has a runner steadily building up the total number of miles or kilometers run per week and the number of miles or kilometers covered in each run. Marathon runners usually have the longest run on the weekend, with the distance of that long run steadily increasing until it reaches a maximum of 20 or 22 miles (about 32.19 or 35.41 km). Shorter runs during the week will be a mixture of time and distance, with the overall goal to maintain fitness and to build strength and endurance.

As with other athletes, marathon runners will need to pay close attention to the food and drink that they consume, not only during training runs but also at other times during the weeks and months leading up to the race. Proper nutrition, with moderated intake of fat and concentration on carbohydrates and proteins, is vital to a marathon runner’s success. The food and drink that a marathon runner takes in during training runs should be first and foremost easily digestible. Especially on longer runs, the body needs increasing numbers of calories that can deliver both quick and long-lasting fuel. Running is an activity that can be extremely hard on the body and its nutritional needs, and a marathon runner especially needs to replenish lost fuel, both during and after a run.

Many sports experts recommend that a marathon runner also do other athletic things. Such cross-training activities can be cycling, swimming, aerobics, skiing, walking or a host of other sports. The idea behind cross-training is to keep the body in shape while giving it a rest from the heavy pounding that running creates.”

Right now in my life, I feel like I am preparing a marathon race with going to these extra classes at the community college and working both of my jobs. I will continue going to community college to prepare of what I need to do in the future.

Folks, this is my difficult season in my life because of many hours taken away from my family, church family and my friends. Please forgive me on not contact you. There are days when I want to cry because of lack of sleep or stress. I ask G-d to help me in these difficult times to get me peace and strength in each day. G-d has a purpose of me and a destiny but each day I have to run this prepare for the big marathon race, which is my destiny. I do not know what to expect in my destiny but I have to have faith in him. I am not giving up on my dreams……

1 Corinthians 9:24
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives(AJ) the prize? So, run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control,[b] lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified."

Isleen

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