Have you ever considered running in a marathon? Good on you for even thinking of giving it a go. Running a Marathon is quite a feet. It goes without saying that you will need to spend a lot of time training before hand to get in shape. BUT did you know there are plenty of mistakes you can make in your training. This hub has some of the common Marathon training mistakes that you should avoid making.

There are many common mistakes to avoid these include the following:

Blindly believing that the more training you do the better you will go in the Marathon. If you do more than you are ready for you will get injured, very tired, sick or all of these. Be realistic about what you can handle, see the basic program below or contact us for a personalized plan.

Starting training too early. If you are running hard now, how much energy are you likely to have for the training 4 to 6 weeks out from the event when it really counts? Best option is to have two smaller periods of training with 8-10 days of easy running between them. I like the idea of running for 10 weeks increasing slowly and undertaking a 1/2 marathon followed by 8-10 days without too much training and a 12 week buildup to the event itself.

Running too fast in training. A heart rate monitor and a test to determine your correct training zones can go a long way towards avoiding training too fast. If you are going to run 5min 15sec per km in the Marathon, what's the point of doing lots of training around 4min 30sec. I can understand why you might want to do some training faster than what you intend to race at but I don't see any point in doing most of your training too fast.

Running too fast at the start of the marathon itself. Having a good solid race day plan and sticking to a predetermined schedule is very important. can help with race day strategies and advice which will help you make the most out of your training.