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I’m going to be running my
first-ever half marathon on Saturday. I’ve been preparing for this for quite
some time – longer even then I’ve been preparing for Halloween if you can
believe it. During my months and months of rigorous training, I’ve sweated, I’ve
bled and I’ve learned a few things about distance running which I would like to
share with you.
Now sure, a quick Googling will
turn up a few hundred million websites all purporting to offer the best and
most valuable tips for surviving – and even thriving during – your half
marathon. All of those things are great. Who doesn’t want to survive and
thrive? However, I’ve noticed there are a few things they, the running
literati, won’t tell you. While they may not be on the tips of anyone’s tongue,
these things are just as important to survival.
I will impart this wisdom to you
now in the form of a bulleted list:
