This weeks’ blog roundup is distinctly New York Marathon themed! With the race less then 11 hours away I have been catching up one some of the best posts from those lucky running bloggers who have been training hard for the big day.
This year over 40,000 runners will be taking part in the race (which should be much warmer than last years freeze!) and after making the most of the much hyped about NYC marathon Expo (one of the best in the world so I am told) most of them will be trying to grab a good nights sleep before an early start tomorrow. So in no particular order…
- Lindsey from Lindsey Runs meets some pro athletes for some pre race advice and tips as she plans to run sub 3
- HowToRunFast interviews Apollo Ohno (two times Olympic Gold Medalist skater) about his NYC running preparations and hopes. (so does Rachel from Running Rachel but she is also giving away a $25 Subway card)
- Theodora from Losing Weight in The City heads to NY and meets the inventor of those infamous Yasso 800 reps that any club runner will have heard about/dreads on a weekly basis!
- The Running Laminator sets out his sub 2 hour 55mins goal and reflects on everything that has led him to this day (bib number 748 if anyone is watching tomorrow)
- Irunner Offers some last minute NY marathon specific race day tips
- If anyone has a lot of time on their hands then take a look at the NYC Marathon blog list at Lust for Life
Good luck to everyone who is running tomorrow!
Good luck to all those London and UK runners who are running the marathon tomorrow!
That is a great marathon! Thanks for posting the picture with the detail.. That sounds pretty awesome!
I watched this for four hours from my balcony and was amazed at the amount of runners that ran past my apartment. I am going to have to enter next year as you dont watch something as awesome as a marathon without wanting to do one yourself!