In the beginning (Can I really run a FULL Marathon?)
Hello! I'm Cass, and it's my first time training to run a full (26.2 mile) marathon. I'm not a running coach, or a certified trainer in any way, so let's just get that out there. I have no qualifications (aside from the ability to read and synthesize the information in scientific articles and over-consume other running blogs on a regular basis) for telling anybody how to train. However, if you're here you're probably like me - you want to know How , Why, When, and with What other people (but especially women) have been training. With that being said, I'm going to be updating this blog with my personal training information. I'm not especially athletic, I never ran in high school, and I'm tackling this without a trainer or coach. While I have previously been a fan of the Popsugar training , and have heard a lot of good things about the Hal Higdon Method of training (who hasn't heard good things?) I decided to make my own training based on kn...