How To Warm Up For A Marathon

How do I warm up for the marathon?

Warming up for a marathon is not essential. It really is not, unless you're one of the elite athletes up front that's going to take off sub-5-minute-mile pace. Of course, they have to warm up. But if you're going to be running seven and a half minutes to twelve-minute-mile pace, usually your first mile takes care of your warm-up. You can do some light stretching on the starting line as you wait for the gun to go off, but usually with the crowd and the congestion, that first mile is going to be your warm-up.