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Ryan Hall's Marathon Race Diet
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6,000 Calories Per Day and Counting: Olympian Ryan Hall on What to Eat Before, During, and After a Marathon

Just in time for the upcoming NYC Marathon are these diet tips from Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, who will also be racing on Sunday.
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Just in time for the upcoming NYC Marathon are these diet tips from Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, who will also be racing on Sunday. At a brunch hosted by Nissan — Innovation for Endurance, I was able to sit down with Hall, who shared that during training, it's not unusual that he runs 20 miles per day, five days a week. Curious to know what kind of diet fuels this sort of endurance run, I asked Hall what he thought an ideal meal plan was for anyone running a marathon or half marathon. Check out what he had to say, and see what foods Hall eats during his training and the actual race.

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Boston Marathon Winners 2011
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Congrats to Boston Marathon Winners!

The course of the Boston Marathon is full of ups and downs (literally and figuratively) — they don't call the long climb around the 20-mile mark "Heartbreak Hill" for nothing.
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The course of the Boston Marathon is full of ups and downs (literally and figuratively) — they don't call the long climb around the 20-mile mark "Heartbreak Hill" for nothing. Today's race was fast (read: record breaking fast) and with a few exciting upsets to boot. Crossing the finish first in the women's race was Caroline Kilel (age 30) of Kenya with a time of 2:22:36. Fast on her heels was the 27-year-old American runner Desiree Davila of Michigan, who crossed the line two seconds behind the winner. The third-place finisher Sharon Cherop, also of Kenya and also 27 years old, completed the course in 2:22:42. Competing in her first marathon since giving birth to her son, Colt, back in September, American Kara Goucher came in fifth place with a time of 2:24:52. Congrats to all the runners — elites and the rest of the pack.

Learn the winner of the men's race when you read more.