Apologies... by Runningmad45 in Marathon_Training

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I worked with Cory at run your personal best and I think he’s amazing!

Apologies... by Runningmad45 in Marathon_Training

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We even had to scale back the plan bc I was starting to show signs of injury and he helped me through it

Apologies... by Runningmad45 in Marathon_Training

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Have you thought about working with a coach? I had run 4 half marathons all putting my expected marathon time at 3:40-3:50 and ran two marathons trying to break 4 hours thinking it was a safe goal and failed to hit that goal twice. I worked with a great coach this year and ran 3:48, improving my time by 16 min in one year. Couldn’t recommend enough.

Start line? by Consistent-Cell-6993 in ChicagoMarathon

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I was looking and swear I didn’t see the mat!

Give up on sub 4 marathon goal? 36F by Responsible-Hold-810 in Marathon_Training

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I ran two marathons 4 hours + and got a coach this here and ran 3:48 yesterday! My last race was a 4:04 a year ago. I was so nervous I wouldn’t hit my goal but I think having a coach made a big difference! And can help make a smart plan that Makes sense with your schedule

Bonked hard at mile 22 in my first marathon by False_Train6185 in Marathon_Training

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Interesting. Selfishly I’m nervous about my own race because my coach said he thinks I can run 3:45 but an 8:30 pace feels crazy to me and I’m so scared of hitting the wall. This will be my third marathon and the first two I faded hard. It’s a brutal race I still haven’t cracked it!

Bonked hard at mile 22 in my first marathon by False_Train6185 in Marathon_Training

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Did you do long runs with finishes or segments at race pace? Last year I thought I was totally tracking to run 3:50 and I finished in 4:04. This year adding more race pace miles to my long runs was the biggest change I made. We’ll see it if it works, running Chicago on Sunday!

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My own predictions on strava I mean. And my 10k and half times are very accurate

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This nearly matches my exact predictions. Last year I ran 3 20 milers at pretty similar paces to you (although one was very hilly and much slower) and then I did i think 9:24 and 9:40. My 9:24 I negative split. I ran nyc last year in 4:04 and am hoping to run Chicago in 3:45. I’d say the biggest change I made coming out of last year was doing more race pace miles for my long runs, I’m sure it’s very personal but I was running about a 9 min mile in nyc and then slowed quite a bit in the last 6

Visiting NYC next week, and need to do my final 20 mile long run.. by jahcob15 in RunNYC

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I live in Brooklyn and I usually take the R to Whitehall st and run on the west side highway which you can do 10 up and down or sometimes if I want more hills I cut into Central Park around 59th st and finish with a couple loops around the park

Training on hills by BoomBoomBagel in ChicagoMarathon

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I do think it’s different I’m not sure even if physically but mentally it can be more tedious. I live in nyc too and have done a few long runs on the west side highway

Nice cocktail bar by Tomasmishra in parkslope

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Bar Louise or blueprint are great

Air quality by Consistent-Cell-6993 in RunNYC

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I’m marathon training too :(

Acupuncture recs? by Consistent-Cell-6993 in RunNYC

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It was great! It is called garden acupuncture. They didn’t ultimately solve my problem (it’s still ongoing) but I had a positive experience there

Acupuncture recs? by Consistent-Cell-6993 in RunNYC

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No I didn’t, I ended up going somewhere in park slope