I want to run a Marathon for this charity!!

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Ive just run the robin hood nottingham full marathon in sept, very hard work but a great sense of achivement, i ran it 4 a charity of my own, so just register early and collect sponsership on your own, although the really popular ones ie london, edinbourgh etc are really hard to get places on 4your charties, if you train hard you'l be fine, you will hit walls over the 26miles but thats normal, dont worry too much about your weight, kilos will drop off when u start doin regular long runs, ran 4times a week a 10, maybe 2 fast 5 or 6 miles and then a big one (15-22mile) on sunday, obviously build up week by week on miles/distances, once my body got a hardened to long distance i dropped to 2 big runs a wk and lots of stomach/core+ lower back work ie sit ups and dead lifts/squats etc. This was very important as your lower back gets hammered during a marathon and tight stomach muscles holds your posture, dont run the full distance b4 as it takes too much out of your body, hit at 20-22 miles and the atmostphere on the day will carry u the last few miles (hopefully!) hope this helps!!