Aug 19, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
This one's for all my fall marathoners who are deep in training right now!! I'm pulling together my full survival guide for running your first marathon, five things I wish someone had told me before…
Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast, where usually we're interviewing runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences.
But today we're back with another Wednesday mini episode.
I know we have a lot of fall marathoners that are gearing up for some pretty big runs right now, so for this week I figured I would give you my survival guide for running a first marathon.
Now, we've definitely covered bits and pieces of this in previous episodes, but we've never put it all into one.
So without further ado, let's jump right in.
[upbeat music] All right.
So like I said, a lot of you are training for fall marathons as your first marathons this year, and you're probably in the thick of it right now with training.
So today I'm gonna give you a few things that you can be thinking about right now to help you prepare for your first marathon.
If you are tuning in for the first time, hi, my name is Taylor.
I'm a running coach specializing in first marathoners, and also the host of this show, where I've had the opportunity to interview over 100 runners on this very topic.
I've also ran five marathons myself, and these are the few things that I also wish somebody would have told me before running my first marathon.
Let's get into it.
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Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast, where usually we're interviewing runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences.
But today we're back with another Wednesday mini episode.
I know we have a lot of fall marathoners that are gearing up for some pretty big runs right now, so for this week I figured I would give you my survival guide for running a first marathon.
Now, we've definitely covered bits and pieces of this in previous episodes, but we've never put it all into one.
So without further ado, let's jump right in.
[upbeat music] All right.
So like I said, a lot of you are training for fall marathons as your first marathons this year, and you're probably in the thick of it right now with training.
So today I'm gonna give you a few things that you can be thinking about right now to help you prepare for your first marathon.
If you are tuning in for the first time, hi, my name is Taylor.
I'm a running coach specializing in first marathoners, and also the host of this show, where I've had the opportunity to interview over 100 runners on this very topic.
I've also ran five marathons myself, and these are the few things that I also wish somebody would have told me before running my first marathon.
Let's get into it.
