Last Sunday, I ran the Chicago Marathon. It was the first of my Abbott World Marathon Majors. When I ran the Erie Marathon last year, I was hoping to qualify for Boston. My time there didn’t make the cutoff for Boston 2024, but it did get me in to Chicago as a consolation prize. In … Read more
And just like that, it’s all come to an end. This is the final week of my training for the Chicago Marathon, and by the end of this week I’ll be in the city getting ready for the race. Note: I’m publishing this after the race, because I didn’t have time to down this weekend … Read more
This summer, Garmin released its new Fenix 8 watches along with the Garmin Enduro 3. It’s only been about two years since the Garmin Enduro 2 was released. If your running watch of choice is the Garmin Enduro, you’re probably wondering what’s changed. Is the Enduro 2 outdated – and should you be upgrading to … Read more
We’re getting down to the wire. At the end of this week, there will be just one week left until the Chicago Marathon. I started this week on Sunday with the Jersey Shore Half Marathon. This was to be a final fitness check before the race, and with this race out of the way it’s … Read more
Last weekend was the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Marathon. To celebrate the occasion, over 54,000 runners ran the race. As I do after each World Marathon Major, I’ve collected the results and analyzed them to see if there are any interesting tidbits. I’ve published a detailed analysis in Runner’s Life, which you can find … Read more
Sunday, I ran the Jersey Shore Half Marathon. This is the third time that I’ve run this race. It was the first half marathon I ever ran, way back in 2014. I finished in 1:55, and I was just excited to finish under 2 hours. I was also very undertrained, and about a week after … Read more
Many runners have strong opinions about Boston’s qualifying times and their selection process. People will inevitably complain that it’s unfair for one group or another. I recently saw a post in a Facebook group suggesting that the process was unfair for women – and that the new qualifying times would make things more unfair. This … Read more
Ten weeks down. Two to go. And other than a tune up race tomorrow, it’s taper town from here on out. With the end of last week, I wrapped up the hard part of the training cycle. The toughest things I had left this week were a 5k on Sunday and a shortened long run … Read more
Featured Image by Claire — CC BY 2.0 This weekend, over 50,000 runners will hit the streets of Berlin to participate in the 50th Berlin Marathon. The race has grown a lot in those 50 years. It started as a small race with a couple hundred runners, and it is now one of the World Marathon Majors … Read more
This week, the Boston Athletic Association officially announced the cutoff time for the 2025 Boston Marathon: 6:51. As they have done in the past, they included with this announcement a collection of data and statistics that tell some of the story of the applicant pool and the field of qualifiers. Absent a full release of … Read more