Hal Higdon's
Virtual Training

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training questions.
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Hal Higdon's Virtual Training is your one-stop destination for training schedules, workout instructions and advice from the expert: Hal Higdon, Contributing Editor to Runner's World and author of Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide. Hal Higdon's Virtual Training with programs for runners at all levels of ability originally was designed for participants in Chicago Marathon, but you can use his programs to train for other marathons as well as for races at other distances.

Most important, you can use the link in the upper right-hand corner (or the one in the next paragraph) to go to the Virtual Training Forums, the "V-Boards," managed by Hal Higdon.

To get started, click here! Using this simple sign-up box, you first set a Username and Password that will offer you free access to the Virtual Training Forums, where you can ask Hal Higdon questions on all sorts of subjects related to running. It is recommended that you select, as your username, your name as you would like to see it displayed when you eventually post questions to the V-Boards. Once registered, bookmark that quick access link as the easiest way to return to the V-Boards, running's most lively forum for sharing training tips and discussing the sport we love.

The V-Boards are free. But consider registering to receive daily emails from Hal Higdon telling you how to train for your next race. For the marathon, Hal has designed interactive programs for five levels of runners: Novice, Intermediate-I, Intermediate-II, Advanced-I and Advanced-II. He also has designed programs for shorter race distances, beginning with the 5-K. There are triathlon and walking programs too. To view and select one of these programs, click here!

Never before has it been easier to train. Hal Higdon's training programs are the best and most detailed programs available on the Internet. In addition to receiving daily emails, you can download the program into your personal training log and record your workouts each day, even enter data from your GPS watch. You can print your plan in calendar format and graph and track your progress. Plus Hal answers dozens of questions a day from people who visit his V-Boards, becoming (automatically) members of his V-Team. Sign up now to participate in this best of all marathon training programs. It's easy. It's fun. It's fast.

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