Marathon Training

As you be aware, I'm currently training for the Geneva marathon and planning to run with a few other coworkers.  This will be my 5th marathon and I feel pretty comfortable regarding how to train and what to expect based on the level of training.  I thought it would be fun to add an update regarding the differences from the US both positive and negative for comparison; I was contemplating calling March the "Month on E" rather than the "Month of Visitors."

Training in Switzerland has its positives, such as nice paths along the lake, many runners (PWC group runs every lunch), an active culture, and weather that allows you to run year round (I can count the number of times is was less than 32F on my hands and number of snowfalls with one).  No longer battling ice and snow as in the US has been a definite plus!

However, it also has its challenges:

Skiing - Although offering a great cross training opportunity, it also presents two challenges.  If not running by a lake, it's hilly as we're in the alps and it results in needing to run every weekday as skiing, or other travel, is planned every weekend so your body never rests.

Diet - My fastest marathon was when I was a Vegan.  The Swiss love their cheese, between raclette, fondue, rosti, tartaflette, etc. there is no shortage of tempting dishes compared to salad.  The chocolate also doesn't help....

Last few weeks of training, looking forward to being done training soon!  On a side note to add more activities to the mix, soccer starts next week:p