Marathon Consultancy

For many people, just the thought of subjecting their mind, soul and cherished body through a 13.1mile (21km) or 26.2 mile (42.1km) run, is enough to make them feel exhausted – and who can blame them?

For most of us, a full time career and / or 24 hour family commitments makes the sofa and TV remote control, a pair of luxury items we would happily pay to spend more time with. The idea of sacrificing this indulgence for a tracksuit, trainers and the open road seems nothing short of crazy.

Curiosity however, eventually gets the better of you. Once in a while during those precious minutes in front of the TV, you inadvertently tune into live coverage of a famous Half or Full Marathon. It is in that instant, if only for a short time, the curiosity sets in. The site of ten’s of thousands of men and women from every religion, race and background helping to raise huge amounts of money for charity, subtly embeds itself in your mind and poses the question – could I do that?

Every time you catch a glimpse of someone on a training run or meet someone who has completed a running event, the question changes in an instant from, “could I do that?” to “I could do that!”

The rest, as they say, is history.

The popularity of long distance running events has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. The number of people taking part in the London Marathon since the early 1980’s has gone up by an amazing 500%

Running in a Half or Full Marathon is an experience you will never forget and will earn you “bragging” points for years to come. Whether you compete as a Vegetable, a sunflower, or yourself you will not only be raising money for charity but you will go through a number of uplifting emotions both in your training and in the race itself that you will always remember. The preparation and the race itself will instil numerous emotions that will make you laugh and cry, but one thing is for sure – you will never regret doing it!

With the help of marathonconsultancy.co.uk you can be sure that you will be given the best possible training advice to suit your lifestyle and desired finish time. With email and telephone support available throughout your training, you can have total piece of mind that help and advice is close to hand throughout your race preparations.

During a marathon, you will burn approximately 2500 calories – as many as an average man should consume per day.

In 1981 there were 7,747 applicants for the London Marathon; this increased to 46,500 in 2003.

There are in excess of 800 organised Marathons in the world every year – 384 in the USA alone

The fastest Half Marathon to date, was run by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia who finished the race the “Rock n roll” Half Marathon in Arizona in a time of 58mins 55sec. That is a pace of around 4:30 mins / mile.

The fastest Marathon to date was run by Paul Tergat of Kenya, who completed the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2hrs 04mins 55secs. That is a pace of around 4:46mins / mile.

If you are worried about running the slowest ever Marathon, don’t panic. The slowest recorded time for the 26.2 mile event was completed by Lloyd Scott who crossed the finishing line in a time of five days eight hours, 29 minutes and 46 seconds. He did have a half decent excuse though – he competed in the race wearing a 130lb (59kg) diver’s suit.