Marathons in Walking Fitness

Everyone needs to exercise and what better way that walking.  Start walking today to improve your health and body.  Having a goal is important to plan on something you want to walk for better health, lose weight, or walking in a marathon.

Walking fitness is a fun way to build up your body by yourself or with a group of people.  It is fun to have competition so as a group plan a goal and see who can make it to the end.

Before you start, a walking fitness exercise makes sure you have the proper walking shoe that fits to your feet.  You want firm shoes that bend easily; the shoes shouldn’t slop around when walking because it could cause warts and blisters. You want happy feet not sore ones.

When building up your body to walk in a marathon you need to take it slowly. Walking at a normal comfortable pace to start out with and increase once, you get use to it. A good base time to start building up your walking for a marathon takes 6 to 12 months in all weather conditions before starting your training. Marathons are scheduled and completed regardless of the weather so be prepared. Your body needs time before adding mileage so you need to walk 4 to 6 times a week.  

On day, you need to work on your speed walking. Walk at a fast pace for 1 min and slow down for two working your way up to 2 minutes fast and 1 minute slow.

Plan one day of the week to a fast steady pace in a shorter distance and work your way up to the full distance as time goes on. Marathon’s are done on a time schedule and distance to this will help you work on your pace.

Put one day aside for long distance walking at a comfortable pace to give your body a chance to rest. Walking at a comfortable pace makes for a longer distance is still making the muscles and joints work to get them stronger.

Always put in your plans to take at least one day off from walking. Your body needs to rest in order to keep up with your plans to the end.  If your body says it just needs another day go ahead because taking two days off is better than having to miss a week or more.  Don’t push yourself to the point that you’re hurting it you want to build it up and down.

Make sure once you’ve made and decided on a plan with a goal at the end of the rainbow that you stick to it. You can always look back and see your progress as you go. You’ll feel your bones and muscles strengthen during the year and as they get stronger and healthier, you’ll be able to speed up the pace and walk further and further. Be sure to warm up and cool down.

Warm ups and cool down time is very important before and after each time you walk.  Warming up loosens the muscles and joints to make them for flexible as your walking. 

Cooling down is especially important along with some stretches to slow your heart rate and blood pressure down to normal slowly. The stretches will help prevent injuries when walking the next time.

Once you have been building your base to start training for your marathon, you are about to start the real training period. Walking or Running a marathon takes a lot of training to get the body used to the long distance and scheduled times.