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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think running on marathon for 'fun' or to have the accomplishment of having run one is fine/good. Its a big undertaking and a big accomplishment to have done it and if its something that interests you that training for it and doing it is probably really rewarding/awesome.

But I do think that the people who are really into endurance training of all stripes, multiple marathons/ultra marathons/iron mans etc, really sacrifice a LOT to do it and to me it seems like is unhealthy in some way. If they're doing it right physically and training then do they have a healthy home life? If they have a healthy home life are they training enough? If they are somehow managing to do both are they happy mentally? I don't know, there are only so many hours in a week and endurance training requires a LOT ff them, something's gotta give there. [/quote]
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I used to row competitively and trained a LOT - and have also run one marathon, and too many halfs/10Ks to count.  Anything requiring that much training is going to be tough to sustain in a holistically healthy way for anyone with substantial work and family obligations.[/quote]

As the first poster said, I don't see the harm in running one marathon to meet a goal. It's a lot of training, but doing it once isn't going to cause irreperable harm.

I have run one marathon. My experience bore out a previous poster who said high volume running increases risk of respiratory infections. When I was running long distances I got colds more often than normal and got bronchitis for the only time as an adult. I think the stress on my body did wear on my immune system. But I'm still happy I did it, even though I exercise in other ways now. It is certainly healthier than sitting on the couch.[/quote]

Fair - I think the PP and I were talking about running marathons/Ironmans as a lifestyle, not a one-off.  I'm proud of the one full I ran, too, but I also have no need to make them a habit.[/quote]

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