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5 Things You Wish You Knew Before Your First Marathon

Choose Your Distance Beginners
12th March 2019

Are you about to run your first marathon? Check out these top 5 things you should know before you hit that start line. The Running Channel team have detailed the bits they wish they knew beforehand…

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