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Should kids run marathons? (limestonepost.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by markstos@lemmy.world to c/running@lemmy.world
 

With a child of my own interested in running a marathon, I researched marathon training programs for youth in the US (there are some!), injury rates and how these compare to high school running programs.

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[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

If they qualify, why not?