 It was a good man, a good man Wondering lonely in the desert He invited me to stay Oh yeah, yes It is time to put my Hamburg Marathon goals Not on paper, but on video For all of you, welcome to the studio We're diving right in today No outside filming Although today was a double day for me If you want to see the details of the run You can go check them out on Strava So thus far, we've done Amsterdam It was a good man, a good man Wondering lonely in the desert He invited me to stay There you go, that was the Amsterdam Marathon from last fall And yes, two weeks later The New York City Marathon And then about three weeks ago Yes, we announced together True Love and I, my next marathon It is gonna be drum roll 2020 Spring Marathon Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany We're coming for you After that announcement I decided it was time to put down Yes, once again, on video For all of you The six tips that I've learned The lessons that I've learned From Amsterdam, from New York City So that I can apply them to Hamburg Study the course Study the course And this goal is for, yes Other distances as well But I can't tell you Can't tell you how important this is Is to get to know the course That you're gonna be racing on And one of those tips Tip number three That I shared in that vlog From three weeks ago I must absolutely 100% right now Heed my own advice Which is one of the purposes Of this blog right now And tip number three That I wish I would have known Pacing groups is so essential Find your pacing group Ahead of time, alright Get the discussion going And this is the tip of the day The most marathons I have seen recently At least the bigger ones Have a Facebook group Dedicated to that particular marathon For each year So critical That's my tip number three That I shared Lesson learned from New York City And from Amsterdam And in different ways In both of those races And as I've already mentioned Again, about three weeks ago One of the reasons I have become very excited About road racing Over ultra running Which I had been doing Over the past four to five years Is that this idea Of racing and packing up Finding your pace group And working together As a unit down the road It's so fun It's basically a throwback To collegiate and high school Cross country When you find your pack of runners And yes You're competing against each other But you're also working together The power of that unit And in ultra running I love ultra running I love the mountains I love the trails But especially well Especially when I'm doing ultra races A lot of times I'm finishing You know top five Top ten And it's no man's land A lot of the time I was thinking back Like is there an ultra race Where I was packed up With a group of other runners And the only one that I could think of Was the Lake Sonoma 50 Miler Out in California Where I was with a group of runners I think it was four of us So a small group of four of us For about five miles Out of that first 25 mile leg Of the course And that was it And then once again I was in no man's land So it's just become And maybe it's part of my personality And it's probably something to Dig into in your own life Like I don't know I guess I prefer running in groups And running together And racing together Where you're just mono e mono And so Amsterdam You know the story there Went with the group But the group ended up being too fast We were going 505 Approximately maybe even Yeah 505 to 502 per mile The first 13 miles Which was beyond my ability At that time And then in New York City I packed up with Jordan And Jordan and I ran together For about 15 miles approximately And then we both You know we went our separate ways And both of us were in no man's land Once again So anyway That is the tip number three Lesson number three That I'm trying to apply To Hamburg And now for my goals For the Hamburg Marathon 2020 I have them listed here Five goals Okay I'm just going to go right down the list Goal number one Is yes I know it's a little cliche But goal number one Is to learn And I really mean this But to really learn from the six lessons That I laid out in that vlog From three weeks ago Like I'm sticking to it And it applies to the third goal Here in a second So that's goal number one Is to actually apply These lessons to the next marathon Not just put them out there on the internet And not heed my own advice Okay so that's goal number one Goal number two Yes Arrive at the starting line As fit as possible As fresh as possible And as healthy as possible Okay you know how I always Am saying that Goal number three Is to Oh yes Find the pacing group And we'll come back to this in a minute But two So on Strava I am part of the Hamburg Marathon Group On Strava But the activity in the group Like the DeBoer Global Running Strava group is hopping There's a lot of activity there The Hamburg Marathon group Is pretty I'm not seeing a lot of chatter About pacing in groups So also on Facebook I have liked their Hamburg Facebook page And but I can't find A Hamburg Marathon Facebook group Who knows Maybe I need to start it myself But again I'm trying to create that chatter About how can I find these Pacing group The pacing group For me Okay so that's goal number three Goal number four Woo This is gonna be This is gonna develop But More even splits I'm not gonna say even splits Meaning The first half marathon Is a similar time To the second half marathon Similar I'm a big proponent For me personally That I think Negative splitting Is very challenging It can be done People have done it But I think it is challenging So And this connects to goal number five Here in a second But to be as even split as possible For both half marathons Is goal number four Obviously in Amsterdam Went out too fast New York City was You know Two weeks later 900 feet of vertical gain Going over the bridges Of New York So it was It was very challenging To go even Partially because I was You know Tired from Amsterdam But also just the bridges The 900 feet It was That was a challenge So That's goal number four Goal number five Yes I'm not afraid I'm not afraid to say it Sub 219 I'm not afraid to say it And You know There's been some comments Like Seth Maybe you're not made For that sub 219 And That's a fair assessment Based on a 223 And a 224 Like who knows But Obviously you have to try And I don't listen To those comments As far as like The inner drive That I have To chase down that 219 Like I'm not giving up On that goal And The 219 Oh yeah So the other reason I'm confident That I can actually run Sub 219 Which is that Olympic trials Qualifying standard for This go round Which it's going to change And by the way I think it's going to get faster For men and women For a 2024 Olympics Going into Paris In 2024 I think At least in the United States The I bet it's 21830 Maybe 218 low Who knows And then for the ladies I think it will drop as well That's another subject For another day But Sub 219 Why I'm confident I can hit that number Is because Of some of my old teammates At the University of Colorado Who have been You know Doing marathons For much longer than I have You know They're up to like Eight or ten marathons In their post-collegiate racing career And we did similar workouts Similar times in college And they have gone Under 219 So I know it's in me I just got to Continue to Gain that experience On the roads Racing fast on the roads Perfecting my own training And obviously Workouts later In the training block To get ready for those Faster paces Okay I'm cutting to this clip Because I forgot to say this And I turned the camera off And realized Wait a minute I forgot to ask For your help To connect to Some Homburg Some local Homburg Running groups Or clubs That could Basically Get the conversation going With Okay Who is going For that 219 Marathon Pacing Alright If you have connections To local clubs Or any runners out there That are interested In chasing down 219 I want to create a group I want it to happen Like And listen Some of the elites Or many of the elites They're going to be going 206 to 208 For the winning time It's just beyond my ability At this point So Yeah Let's get the conversation going Email me Or better yet Maybe connect with me On Twitter Or Facebook That would be amazing I'm excited So this is one of the goals Of this blog Is to create The group That's going to make it happen So alright Roll the tape There you go My 5 goals Once again Here they are listed I'm excited And I wanted to put them out there On video For all of you to see So that You can hold me accountable To chasing these down And yes Question of the day What is your What is one goal For your next race Any distance One goal If you want to list 5 goals You can But those are my 5 goals Again But again For you What is one goal For your next race Any distance Any surface And let us know Down in the comments That'll be great And that is the blog for today I kept it a little shorter A little simpler Busy day Double day Yeah Just some things going on With the family That when Baby's not coming Don't worry But just some activities happening That I needed to keep it concise Here in the studio Thanks for being here Thanks for watching Another day Another run Alright everyone We're going to toss it back On the right to The Amsterdam marathon blog My first marathon of my life That'll be on the right hand side And click on that box You can check that out And then on the left We'll toss it back to The spring marathon 2020 Is chosen blog Where true love and I Share the news Alright everyone See beauty, work hard And love each other See you tomorrow