March 2010

The time required by the walkers and joggers will be very similar to the competitors who plan to run the complete race, the important thing is the time spent on your feet whether it is walking or jogging. Depending on your level of fitness you need to decide how much of the allocated time is spent walking and how much jogging. In the beginning you may decide to walk 10mins, jog 5-10mins and alternate until you have completed the full hour or whichever day it is. Some days you may walk only others you could run more than you walk so maybe run 10mins followed by a 5minute walk building up by a few mins each day to more running or faster walking depending what your final goal is, then you will be always pushing a little extra each week to get closer to being able to complete the marathon whether running the whole way combining running and walking or walking the whole way. Either way you need a plan and something to gradually work towards each week.