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NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report

November 18, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

This was a ridiculously long race report, so I broke it up into parts. If you want to read just the actual race, that’s Part 4, but there are some through-lines from earlier parts that give pieces of Part 4 …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 6 — Takeaways

November 18, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

It feels weird to say that a race I didn’t finish was a success, but this felt like a win in a lot of ways. NYC definitely was a learning experience. I love the marathon. Even in the miserable parts …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 5 — Aftermath

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

I got to ride the subway for free back from the Bronx. I also got a lot of congratulations, and to each I said, “I didn’t finish. I had to drop out right before Mile 21.” Both marathoners and normal …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 4 — The actual marathon

November 17, 2018November 18, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

Part 1 — Race week Part 2 — Pre-race planning Part 3 — Race-day morning! Warning: I’m trying to be as accurate as possible, so you’re getting a lot of what’s usually my “inside my head” voice, which swears way …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 3 — Race morning is here!

November 17, 2018November 17, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

Earlier: Part 1 — Race week Part 2 — Pre-race planning I woke up a little earlier than I wanted, closer to my usual 3:30 a.m. wakeup, so I lay in bed for a bit and walked through the course …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report, Part 2: Pre-race planning

November 16, 2018November 17, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

Earlier: Part 1 — Race Week Coach B called me Tuesday before the race so we could walk through the plan mile-by-mile. After our phone call Tuesday, Coach B had sent over a spreadsheet showing my paces for each mile, …

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Running / Running Toward NYC 2018

NYC Marathon Race Report, Part 1: Race Week

November 11, 2018November 16, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

Marathon week in NYC is just that, a week. I worked Sunday, so missed the opening race and kickoff events, but I had Tuesday, plus Thursday through Monday of race weekend off. Monday night I headed into the city after …

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Staten Island Half 2018 race report

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

Staten Island Half is the final Five Borough race of the year, and it wasn’t originally on my schedule. Until, that is, Coach B told me I needed to run a dress rehearsal half that day as part of my …

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Mind of a Runner / Running

Mind of a Runner: Chasing a BQ, women in coaching, crazy goals and American marathoners

October 12, 2018October 11, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

No books this week, because I’m in the middle of three and didn’t finish any of them. But don’t worry, there are extra podcasts and articles. This week felt like there was a lot out there, but it might just …

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Mental vs. physical training

October 7, 2018 - by jenniecoughlin

This was a lousy training week. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Coming off a good test run at the Bronx 10-miler, this was wicked frustrating. Why so bad? Some of it was not running-related at all. Working in a …

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