Tips for beginners. (Marathon, running, jogging)

Guys, because I am fond of running/jogging (but im a beginner), I would like to ask some tips about marathons because there is this event I want to join. There will be a marathon that will be held in the Philippines in January 20 2008. The event is called Subic Marathon.

Question:
I jog 30 minutes around the village every morning. Is that enough training? I wanna aim high and join the hardest and aim high so I decided to join the 42k run.

What further training do you recommend? this will be on January 2008, so I have 2 months or so for training.

Venue will be in Subic. There are already lots of interested/registered participants (as of the last I heard). They will be from all over the Philippines, Asia and other parts of the Earth.

For me, this is just not running. This is achieving something.


Just search google for " Subic Marathon 2008 " or just go to http://www.subicmarathon.com/

By the way, $5,000 US dollars up for grabs. (Top Prize)

Hope you guys can help me on what I can do and what I need. thanks.


- Cheftonio

Unless you are an unusually gifted athlete, the best you can hope for is to come through the race with no major injuries and just finish. Running 42K is not playtime, if you read the news you know that top flight runners die at these things. You might make it, but it won't be fun

I feel like I can finish but I am not aiming for a great time. My only problem would be, I get thirsty easily. If i can solve that, maybe I can finish.

As pianoman said, the odds are against you. You're in for a bad day. But you might get lucky. You can get through on luck, tolerance for pain and misery, excellent genetics, and strong will. None of those will help in your ability to walk in the days following, however.

Im training now and I will gauge how long my endurance will be. I am guessing it will be around 10k basing it on what you guys said.. more possible, right?

Have you ever ran a 10K event?

This is bordering on madness.
Talking about running a 10K and guaging your prepardness for a marathon based on that!
A marathon is 42K, thats more than 4 back to back 10kms.
If you can run a 10K, you've graduated to week 1 of the 18 reqd for marathon training!!