 For New York City. He's racing the New York City Marathon. Trust me. I'm not gonna be chasing him down I promise I promise I promise There it is chicken noodle soup. Oh Man butter it just butter it. Oh man. Look at that steam. So it's 18 about 18 degrees out in Denver today What is going on? What is going on? I know I talk a lot about the weather right now, but this is abnormal for Denver So I don't want to get sick before New York City. And yes, I'm gonna reveal my race strategy for The race and when you're watching this, let's see Thursday Friday's four days from now It's happening. It's about to go down. But I just got to say the facebook group Which I promoted in yesterday's vlog. It's gonna be fun everybody We already have two posts for the New York City Marathon two posts for running injuries One post for the boston qualifier goals Half marathon training posts. So basically again, the demore global running facebook group It's all about going a little deeper into topics about running And topics that come up on this youtube channel. So so far so good already well over 500 members of the group and again, it's linked down below in the description It's uh, it's fun and patience if you do post and I don't get to it Immediately just you know, I'll get to it eventually But again, I want to keep it on point to running topics just so we really hone in on the goodness there So it's going well. All right, I'm gonna put back some chicken noodle soup again Just trying to put the goodness into the body and then uh, we'll get into the race strategy here a little bit Oh man is all right. Shall we do this? Shall we do this once again? New York City Marathon 2019 There it is race strategy and yes once again another contest But before we dive in real quick an update on the location for the group run on saturday We're not meeting at the tavern on the green in central park We're meeting at the deli court theater in central park. There it is on your screen. Look at that title type it into your phone You will find it. Uh, yeah, we had to move it because there's a 5k race Happening near the tavern on the green plus the finish for the new york city marathon is right around there So it's just going to be kind of crazy at the tavern on the green and we are meeting at 10 a.m Eastern time saturday deli court theater central park cannot wait and yes, I will bring the banner We'll get some pictures. It's going to be a good time. Okay question of the day What will be my finishing time for the 2019 New york city marathon that's right the winner who guesses it right on to the second will win a free pair of Running shoes from me, but nobody won from amsterdam. I went back and looked at all the comments Nobody got it somebody was two seconds off very close But you got to be right down to the seconds and yes What i'm about to share about my race strategy for the next five to ten minutes will help with your guess Okay, so hear me out here first of all though before diving into the strategy for new york Let's just review what happened in Amsterdam so the gun goes off in Amsterdam. It's a beautiful morning beautiful weather My first marathon ever i've done 50 k's 50 milers 100 milers I've attempted 100 miler didn't finish, but this is my first road Marathon so a little bit of inexperience played out in the uh in my debut marathon. Absolutely. I'm calling a spade a spade So I was in a pack of about 20 runners at the one mile mark One and a half mile mark and even I think approaching the two mile mark I was glancing at my watch the watch was saying about 5 20 to 5 25 a mile And I I didn't freak out, but I was like, yeah, is this fat, you know, is this fast enough? I need to run so I was the goal was to run under 5 18 a mile pace In order to qualify for the olympic trials, which 5 18 a mile gives you a two hour and 19 minute Finish for the marathon so I made the decision to move up From that pack to the next pack which yes, michael and I know i'm butchering his name But michael butter was in that pack a pace setter who crazy enough was using that Uh effort in Amsterdam as a tune-up for new york city. He's racing the new york city marathon Trust me. I'm not going to be chasing him down. I promise. I promise. I promise But he's got a 209 58 marathon PR to his name. So he's a very accomplished Runner, he's I think he has some records even some dutch Road racing records. Anyway, uh, so I caught up to them and they pulled me through Very grateful. They pulled me through a three minute pr for the half marathon in a marathon race So we came through the halfway point at 106 53 Which was basically Two minutes to two minutes and 30 seconds too fast for that two hour and 19 minute mark You know if you if you just round up to let's say 107 for the half marathon mark in amsterdam Uh, if you just do the math 107 times two is actually Wait a minute is 214. So I would know. Yeah, it was 214. So yeah, it put me Um, it put me two to three minutes ahead of where I needed to be basically I do it. Sorry. I just got a little distracted. So from amsterdam from that 106 53, which honestly I did not feel like I was running too fast In retrospect, I was but I felt pretty controlled and I felt comfortable But sure enough like it caught up to me about four miles later Yeah, about four to five miles later at mile 18 where I really hit the wall Um, so The question becomes for the new york city marathon Will I attempt to chase down two hours and 19 minutes once again? That's the question, right? That is the question Of course I will of course I will it's the new york city marathon in my humble opinion The most prestigious marathon in the world now i'm biased because my mom's from new york and another question I'm asking myself is did I pick up fitness from the amsterdam marathon? I I think so now of course the big factor is going to be the legs are the legs Uh, I know they're not going to be 100 that just doesn't happen that takes again as I mentioned earlier in the week It usually takes I've heard four six even eight weeks to fully recover from a hard effort in a marathon race But at least aerobically I'm pretty excited. So with all that said here is the actual race strategy for new york Now it's a little more difficult to track pacing because the course has the bridges and it has the elevation gain So the splits are going to be a little different than in am amsterdam as far as the consistency Um, I have heard now. I've I've done a lot of research I'm listening to a lot of your comments about the varizzano narrows bridge Uh, you have adrenaline at the beginning even though the first mile is uphill And then the second mile is downhill So you've got that adrenaline up the first mile up the bridge And then you have a pretty big downhill for the next mile A lot of people go out too fast because the adrenaline carries them up the first mile And then down the second mile when your legs are still feeling really really good So I I'm making a lot of mental notes just to go out easy go out slow Obviously not 505 pace. Here's the strategy I I hope to find another pack of runners that will be running 520 a mile 520 a mile 520 a mile now again because of the vertical, uh, the elevation gain Those splits are going to fluctuate a little bit. I know that um But 520 a mile if you can hold it for a long long time that puts you at two hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds So my goal and so that's that's 44 seconds too slow from what I need to run for the olympic trial trials qualifying time But if I can run 520s for as long as possible as long as possible Just clipping them off and maybe okay, okay Maybe I run a 530 on one of the on one of the later. Let's say it. Uh, uh, the queensboro bridge Which I think is around mile 15. I'll double check Um, let's say it's a 530 or a 540. I'm not gonna freak out. I'm not gonna. That's what happened in amsterdam I just you know, I I got a little nervous when I saw 525 25 on my watch. So, um Then at about mile 18 if I can hold 520 average pace Up to mile 18. I will need to make up Basically 44 seconds in the last eight miles And if if I'm in that position you better believe I'm gonna still I'm gonna go for it now again just have to listen to the legs and Tomorrow I'm gonna talk about my racing kit which is gonna change a little bit from amsterdam So come back tomorrow. I'll fill you in on the game plan for the racing kit, which yes will impact Yeah, it has the potential to impact my time as Well, so 520 a mile I want to find a pack and I've heard and maybe some of you can chime in down in the comments. I've heard that um The ability to find a pack of runners running 520 a mile is going to be Pretty like there's a lot of people that okay a lot of people But there's there's going to be a lot of quite a few runners that are attempting to break two hours and 20 minutes In their marathon because it's it's very competitive. Uh, the citizens race the sub elite marathon runners that are not quite the elites There's a big pack of them So that's the goal. That's the race strategy for the 2019 New York City marathon. I'm just gonna double check make sure I'm not leaving anything out real quick Bottom line. I'm very excited to Run more within my Given ability level now, of course, of course the course Does play a factor because there are the climbing I'm honest I'm not afraid of the climbing you all know how much I love running up mountains Obviously, it's totally different in a road marathon, but they don't make me too nervous. Um I guess, you know, I do need to be a little prepared for the downhill Uh, you know, especially later in the race and I'm not going to kill my quads on the backside of the varazon on Arrows bridge I'm just going to be relaxed and um not let the Adrenaline get to me because you've got the new york city skyline. You've got the crowds Um, so I'm just going to chill out and five twenties five twenties five twenties and yes tomorrow I will tell you the shoes. I will be racing in. All right. I love you all. We're going to call it there I know it was a simple vlog just kind of talking out this strategy I really hope somebody guesses my exact time for new york city. Um If it's two hours and 18 minutes and 59 seconds, that would be good That would be a good thing, but we shall see I'm going to give it a go and at the end of the day I'm racing for my mom and that is what is most important for This uh, this 2019 nyc race. So all right. I love you guys. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching We're going to toss it back. Yes to the amsterdam marathon vlog on the right and on the left We'll toss it back to the beginning of this training block Which really started after the pike's peak is set so you can see the full journey back there. All right. Love you all See beauty work hard and love each other. See you tomorrow