Hello,

As I said, never ran in my life, but I decided that I want to run a marathon - I have no experience at all, but a very strong will power. The idea is to run a marathon in two or three years - I have no idea where to start, so I found this forum.
They said there are no stupid questions, but here is one: Where do I start? Where do I find a coach? Is there such a thing as a marathon coach?
Any advise will be appreciated.

Thanks!

if you need help with motivation you may want to look into joining your local athletics club.
but you may also want to set time aside each week for your training programme. There's loads on line to get a beginners programme the thing is to stick with it. If you feel you need a professional coach, some local gyms have very good personal traininers that can work with you to meet your goal and keep you focused, and also keeping the cost low.
good luck!

Hello, and thank you for your reply.

Motivation is not the problem (at least right now) - I just wanted to know if two years is a possible goal or completely impossible. Also if this is something I should not start by myself. I dont want to *die* out there or have an injury that will crush the dream.

I will look into running clubs and if somebody over one of them can help.
Thank you!

I am almost 50 and running my first marathon at end of May I am following Hal Higdon's Novice 18 week program and it was going well until I picked up a calf injury last week but I have 3 spare weeks so not written off yet

Don't let the injury hinder you! get into a pool as your able and try some aqua jogging, easier on the joints and will maintain your endurance that you've built up so far.
two years should be plenty of training for you first marathon, just make sure you graduate each week and steadily rather then jumping right in!
Good luck with the training to you both.

Thank you for the incentive! I am looking into the forum for more help with equipment, etc. Thanjk you and let's run!