You Actually Don’t Have to Run a Marathon to Be a ‘Real’ Runner
IF YOU RECENTLY signed up with a run club or began operating on your own, you've most likely observed a rise of sweaty selfies, self-congratulatory captions, and glossy medals flooding your feed around significant marathon weekends. Marathon season has actually ended up being as inescapable as football season, with occasions like the Berlin Marathon and New York City Marathon setting involvement records-- over 56,000 runners began the latter-- and the 2025 London Marathon drawing a record-breaking 840,318 candidates. "Social media has actually stabilized the marathon," states Nick Klastava, a Maryland-based USATF Level 1- and RRCA Level 1-certified coach with Running Explained. "I believe individuals seem like 'well, if I'm going to run, I may too do the outermost range-- that will make me...