The RMA Podcast. Episode 65. So you want to run a marathon? What you should know! With Lisa Weightman and Ana Croger.

It is no surprise that after the Covid-19 Pandemic, marathons are popular. It seems that everyone took up running or walking during this time to get outside, breath in some fresh air and stay active. Many people kept this habit going, and the running community boomed. Speak with any race director or running store and they would agree. Running is KING. As we all know we start small, but then as our journey takes shape we desire to push our comfort zones. Enter the marathon. Every runners dream. Two years on after the pandemic, marathon participation in Australia is exceeding expectations. Recently, the 2023 Melbourne Marathon to be held this coming October sold out months before its start gun is due to go off, and similarly, the Sydney Marathon half marathon event sold out too, and on their way to World Major Marathon Candidacy, they have secured over 14,000 MARATHON registrations to date at the time of this podcast recording - that is INCREDIBLE! 

Because of this surge in popularity with marathon running, we wanted to do a podcast all about it, so we put some questions to our RMA community about what they wanted to know, and I gathered some experts to help me answer them- 4 time Olympic Marathon runner, Lisa Weightman, and Six Star World Major Marathon Finisher, Ana Croger. Both these ladies are busy working mums, and RMA Ambassadors and have run collectively over 40 marathons!- with Lisa in her 20's and Ana due to run her 20th marathon in Sydney this year! They know a thing or two about what it means to run and train for a marathon, and how to prepare yourself to have the best marathon experience. 

In this episode we discuss what they love about marathons, and what it would mean for Australia to have Sydney Marathon as a World Major Marathon if it succeeds in its' candidature, how to train for a marathon, what to do on marathon day, and how to recover from a marathon. 

We discuss things like training, nutrition, time management, cross training, mindset and recovery and a thousand other things in this witty and long run length episode that is designed to keep you company on some of your biggest training runs! 

We hope that you love this episode, and we are here to answer any questions that you might have about marathons. If you need anything answered, please reach out to us! 

This episode is brought to you by fisiocrem Australia, which by the way everyone should own if they are marathon training!