How to Run Faster for a Marathon

Video Transcript

"If you've ever aspired to run the Boston Marathon you definitely have to qualify within a specific time, so how do you run faster for your marathon? Runners who train for a marathon have to follow a very rigid schedule in order to finish that 26.2 miles. So their training during the week consist of 3 days of tempo running, 1 day of a very long run, 1 day of hill training, and then 1 day of sprint training. Now we're going to focus on that sprint day, because that sprint day is what's going to help a runner decrease the amount of time it takes in order to finish a marathon. So a sprint day can consist of 60 minutes of sprint work. So basically you're just going to warm up for about 5 minutes, and then you're going to run at your tempo pace for 4 minutes, then on the fifth minute run as fast as you can for 1 minute; and do that 10 times, then cool down for 5 minutes. And that's going to be an excellent sprint work for 60 minutes. So before you know it you're going to decrease that amount of time, and you just may qualify for that Boston Marathon. I'm CarolAnn with Studio Group X, and we just talked about how you can run faster for a marathon. Now get out there and do those sprints."