NEWSLETTER from April 29, 2010
37th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON (September 23-26, 2010)
The marathon is sold out – it is important to get training!
The 37th real,- BERLIN MARATHON for runners is sold out. This year the 40,000 spots were filled earlier than ever before. That is also true for the quota of charity starting spots. The only registration that is still open is for the inline skating marathon.
Now it is time to optimally take advantage of the next 5 months of preparation. In order for you to be able to experience a stress-free marathon weekend in Berlin, you should get your accommodations arranged early and check and monitor your health and training status. You will find a few tips for doing that in this newsletter.
We wish you lots of fun training and hope that your marathon preparations go just as you wish.
www.real-berlin-marathon.com
Contents:
- Hotel accommodations for the 37th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON
- Your health status
- Your training condition
1. Hotel accommodations for the
37th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON
Once again this year, we have been able to reserve rooms at a discounted rate a various Berlin hotels for the participants in the 37th real,- BERLIN MARATHON. If you are looking for accommodations for the marathon weekend, please go to the following link on our website. There you will find all of the available hotel accommodations. You can book your rooms by phone or online. Important: You will only get the special rate if you provide the key word “SCC RUNNING” when you inquire! More information is available here.
2. Your health status
You have already received an initial health risk appraisal for athletic activity through the Paps Test when you registered. In general, we highly recommend that you get regular physicals. Get checked out by a sports-medicine doctor. Your last health check should take place no longer than 6-8 months before the race. Only when there are no indications from an internal, orthopaedic or sport medical vantage point, and no limitations were deemed necessary, should you participate on September 26.
3. Your training condition
If you want to make it safely through the marathon on September 26, you should, as a beginner, be running at least 50 km a week for the final three months before the race. That is the best way to optimally prepare tendons, muscles and metabolism for the strain of the marathon distance. 3-4 training runs a week are a good start. All runners, beginners too, should be taking on 2-3 hour easy runs once every second week during the final 12 weeks of preparation until 2 weeks before the marathon. 2 weeks before the race, you should drop your training by a third, according to the motto: “There is strength in stillness.”
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