The 9 BEST Tips to Run a P.R.🔔 at the 2024 Boston Marathon
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Katie was able to go from 3:23 on a flat course to 3:17 in Boston. She shares her top tips. While the marathon is a long ways and even the best prep cannot guarantee a certain result on race day, if you apply these 9 tips, you will be well on your way to having the opportunity to have a great race!
If you have any other tips that weren't mentioned, please share those in the comments.
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I qualified for the Boston in 2023 at Tobacco Road and running my first Boston this year at 49! I finally made it. I cry just typing this! Thank you for sharing these wonderful tips!
Yay!!! Congrats!! I got my BQ at Tobacco Road too! You are going to LOVE Boston! It's incredible!
Hi Katie. Your advice on Boston was perfect, especially the point about knowing the history of the race. It fills the runner with awe, and that's a great way to cross the starting line. I've run Boston 16 times between 2000 and 2022, and set my marathon PR (3:13:55) there in 2002. As you note, it is not an easy course to PR, but if you plan and prepare, surprising things can happen. My advice for running Boston is don't hold back TOO much in the beginning. I did that in 2021, coasting the first half and saving my legs for Newton hills, only to find that my quads were locked in a limited range of motion because I had not been lifting my knees and kicking back my heels. Suffered greatly on those hills and finished poorly. The following year I went out easy but focused on contracting and stretching my quads as I ran. Fared much better that year.
Keep up the great videos!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! 16 times!?! That’s amazing! I can’t definitely see why people go back year after year though. Something about the challenge of the course makes it that much more appealing. It’s such a fine line of executing that right balance of holding back but not too much…Chasing that elusive unicorn. 🦄😄
Thanks for the advice. I'll try my best to hold back and be ready for the hills. I'll probably get caught up in all the emotions by the end. I never thought I'd be running Boston, but now I don't know how I can't. My little one someday will know he too can do hard things.
Have so much fun! The crowd support at Boston is unreal! If you see me walking around with a GoPro please say hey!
I tied my PR at Boston last year. My trick was to start behind what would be my time corral - this ensured I could do the first 4-6 miles easier. It’s so so crowded those first few miles that you can’t really help but run the pace of the mass you are surrounded by. Also, I had breakfast at the hotel but then consumed a pb&j on the bus. Good luck to everyone!
Thanks for commenting. I missed my corral last year so I didn't get to experience that...I've also heard some people say they waste a lot of energy the first few miles weaving. We'll see what this year holds! PB & J for the win!
Hi Katie, thank you for sharing the tips. I've done everything you talked about for the pre-race preparation and most importantly, I'd listen to your advice and encouragement to soak it all up in Boston. Your vid has just inspired me to believe I can attain PR in Boston regardless of the challenges, especially I have saved my legs to train for hill repeats and do long runs on slopes after a down week from the Tokyo Marathon. The last 3-week training is solid and I trust I will have an incredible experience in Boston in 12 days. Again, much appreciated for this vid.
That's awesome! Thanks so much for commenting! You can do it!
This video was a "God Send" for me. All the information that I was looking for was completely addressed. Many Thanks...
I have been training for 18 weeks now and this is my 1st Boston Marathon and I will complete 56 Years on April 10th. I had qualified in 2020 but owing to Covid pandemic and Visa Appointment delays I couldn't participate (lost my fees). So I had gone to Gold Coast Marathon Australia last year and qualified for Boston Marathon again.
I have trained a lot on Uphills as I live in a city which has a rolling terrain and also a 7km temple hill with an elevation gain of 295m. Most of my runs average about 86m to 230m elevation gain (10km easy run to 36km weekend long run).
And I was clueless about this race conditions. And as I have invested a whole lot into this event (Physically, Emotionally and Financially too), there is trepidation about the race, its approach, race conditions etc. I am happy that your video addressed a lot of my concerns.
Yay! Congratulations on your first Boston! 👏🏻You will do great! Boston is amazing!
Very smart advice. Practicing on hills is key. I live in a pancake flat area and found Boston hard.I found the start super crowded and it's hard to get into your pace, so ya like you said slow it down in the beginning and treat it as your warmup.
Great point about the crowds! Last year I ended up taking so long to get ready by the cvs (shed layers, change shoes, final port-potty stop, etc) that my wave had already started by the time I got up to the start. It ended up being a blessing for me because I didn't have to deal with any of the weaving those early miles. So that will be a new experience for me this year.
Great tips! I agree with them all. Write your name with big letters on your race shirt and people will cheer for you by name throughout the race. Also a PB in Boston in 2023.
Love it! Congrats on the PB! Great point about adding your name...I actually just read that on Saturday the New Balance store on Newbury will have singlet and shoe bag customizations....get your name printed on that stuff!
I ran it twice and the first time I went out with my corral way too fast and crashed and burned by mile 16. Last year I waited a whole ten minutes until after my entire wave left so that I could run by myself at my own pace. I kept it very easy for the first 16 and hammered it for the rest and ended up with a massive negative split and, although not a PR, still a respectable time. The only downside is that I was going way faster than all the people in front of me and the roads are so crowded and you lose a lot of energy weaving around everyone. One other tip is to not waste energy high-fiving every kid on the side of the road.
That's really interesting. So did you have to fake like you were tying your shoes or something, or did they just let you stand there and wait 10 minutes? Last year I took so long using the porta-potty and shedding layers that I missed my corral, but I actually really liked being able to start alone. I was curious if it was possible to do it on purpose!
@@EfirdStrong Well my plan was to start at the very back and so I really took my time walking to the start line and then went to visit the porta-potties at the CVS and when I was done with that, the next wave was getting ready to line up. I didn’t even realize that my wave had already left since I thought the crowd I was in was my wave. Anyway, eventually I got through and pleasantly had the first couple of miles all to myself.
My first Boston is this year and I’m in corral 1 of wave 3. I plan to stay in this corral because I don’t want to weave around others (this wrecked me in Berlin) and I’m going to go out slightly faster than race pace. Might be risky but I’d rather use the downhill to gain some speed than use extra energy for braking 🤞
@@dougmatthews8469. I hope you smash your goals!! Come back after the race and let us know how you did!!