How To Train For A Marathon

In this video, I'm going to talk to you about how to train for a marathon. Now, if you're already a runner, you probably know you have to slowly build up the distance each week until you get to your event. However, the biggest issue with runners is getting injured.

If you can find a way to reduce injuries, you're more likely to succeed in your running career and your marathon goals. Now when you run, two things tend to tighten up more than anything else generally speaking, which are hip flexors which are these muscles here, or these tendons here and also your glutes, your bum muscles. The first stretch I'm going to show you is taken from Hatha yoga and it stretches this area.

Get in like a lunge position, body up straight. If you notice, I'm resting on my toe on the back foot and my knee is not touching the ground, it's lifting up a bit. What I'm doing, I'm stretching a little bit the quad but mainly the hip flexor round here.

And to make it a bit more advanced, stand up straight. Now, I want to hold this for about 30 seconds at a time. It gives a chance for the tendons to stretch out a bit, get more flexible.

It means it's less likely to pull and cause you pain while you're running. The other stretch we're going to do is for your glute. There's lots of stretches we can choose.

This one is very popular amongst runners. Come on the floor, put one foot out to the side, stretch out your back leg and you lean forward. What this does is stretches my left side.

And again, the more flexible you are in your glutes and hip flexors, the less chance you're going to get injured, the less injuries, the more you can run, run and run and achieve your running goals and get to that marathon. .