Practical advice for first-time marathoners jim brennan 11/8/11 8:49:23 PM ET
It's probably a safe bit to take advice from a runner who ran his first marathon during Reagan's first term and gasoline was $1.35 a gallon. This isn't the usual technical advice about carb loading and VO2Max, but practical advice for first-time marathoners at http://rite2run.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/first-time-marathoners-the-reality-scoop/