How math – and eating while running – can help you complete your best marathon

Long-distance running requires planning, from pacing to stoking the body's engines. Nick Morgan, Author provided

Whether standing at the starting line for a high school cross-country competition or, years later, at the cold rainy 2018 Boston Marathon, I have always been nervous before races.

In November 2021, I was again at the starting line, this time at the Monumental Marathon in Indianapolis. And while I’ve always prepared for a race, this time I did it differently.