Anyone getting ready to run the NYC Marathon needs to read this post! It’s everything I wish I’d known in advance to have the best day possible. Even as a running coach there were lessons to be learned and each race is a little different. The NYC marathon course in particular has some really key points to know!
Hopefully these few key pieces to help make life easier. Once you start to realize how long it takes to train for a marathon, I hope you’ve started looking at the right plan!
Going in to the NYC Marathon, I had a lot of questions about logistics surrounding the start and the finish and everything in between! It turns out many of you have the same questions, so while I can still remember all the details I thought I would share some answers and some NYC marathon course tips to help you out.
This has been updated since I ran in 2013 to reflect any changes I’ve noticed when our athletes run, but most of it remains the same! That’s part of why we love this race right? Tradition! It holds steady.
NYC Marathon Tips
With any race, I have a few standard recommendations for our athletes:
- Try not to walk around a ton before the race. Save it for post race
- Have your pre-race dinner and morning of meal with you or planned out, so you know it’s food you tolerate
- Don’t…
