How to Prepare for Your First Marathon

This week Michael, Alex, and Katelyn dig into the mailbag for some of the toughest questions runners face: how much you can realistically improve in six months before a goal marathon, whether it's insane to run two World Marathon Majors a month apart, finding a super shoe that won't aggravate a bad knee, and more. Plus, Michael gets called out (fairly) for some inaccurate comments about the Glass City Marathon.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
6:34 Momentous ad: why we trust this creatine
8:42 Back from the break
9:20 Mailbag: super shoes for a bad knee
33:12 Lagoon ad: sleeping better
34:51 Back from the break
35:24 Voice note: running two World Marathon Majors in a month
52:48 Join the Marathon Handbook Run Club
56:12 Back from the break
56:26 Mailbag: chasing a sub-3 marathon
1:22:52 Mailbag: a comfier race day shoe
1:30:46 Correcting our Glass City Marathon comments
1:37:16 Mailbag: adding volume to a sub-20 5K plan
1:43:17 Wrap up

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