How to Chicago Marathon

[@alanshrimpton6787]

Well done man and 'The Wife'. Nice you did this together with her support. Sounds like a great experience. You'll race the next one for sure which will be? Try Pete Pfitzinger 'Advance Marathoning'

[@humbertoverdugo1]

I’ve been waiting for this, thank you for the update! congrats 🏁

[@JuanRodriguez-gv2xz]

Very nice recap man! Running Chicago in 6 months! Cheers!

[@MidLifeRunner]

You’re going to love it !

[@shannonsides6017]

MYWIFE! Martha from Kofuzi’s livestream told me about your channel. HILARIOUS. Super cool that your running journey began at the beginning of Covid….that’s precisely when I discovered Kofuzi, and subsequently Floris, BITR, and all the others. Keep up the great work, your videos are funny and helpful!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Awesome! Thank you for the kind words. I was posting non-edited Maffetone talking head videos for a little while before finally taking the KZbin plunge beginning with this overly detailed Chicago marathon video not really about the marathon. Learning quickly and hoping the humor masks the New Guy mistakes. 🙏🏼thanks for watching

[@shannonsides6017]

@@MidLifeRunner I love the MAF stuff, yet not enough to do the tests and wear a chest strap bc it is not the most popular way to train but the results are hard to ignore! 80/20 Matt Fitzgerald’s book described “Week of Slow” so I did a one week reset in 2018 and now run in the 9:s or 10:s if it’s not a workout, heart rate well below MAF number. And the deets from your Chicago marathon are what we REALLY need to know about…I spectated it in 2021 and wish I had researched how to use the train better and where to go. Cheers.

[@brendanthompson5373]

Really enjoyed your commentary on the race and city as I prep to run Chicago 2023! Thank you!

[@MidLifeRunner]

You’re going to crush it!

[@copperdan7667]

I'm getting ready to run my 15th marathon in Chicago next month and this is the first time I've ever heard somebody tell me I can turn auto lap off on my garmin. I just wanted to give you a huge thank you. This is going to help so much as my watch is never exactly synced to the mile markers. Also, I love your content

[@MidLifeRunner]

🙏🏼 I wish I lived anywhere near Chicago. I would likely do it every year . Such a blast

[@neilcash8040]

Myself and my wife are coming over from Ireland - looking forward to this marathon! Thanks for the video :)

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thanks for watching. You’re going to love it

[@DWNY358]

Thanks - this was helpful as I do final prep for Chicago 2023. Starting to get excited!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Awesome! I’m about to make a video next week with my five big mistakes to be more to the point. This was essentially my first KZbin video which is why it’s way too long 😂 best of luck

[@ericchevalley]

Loved the video. Brilliant! So glad you had a great experience in Chicago. Your wife is awesome!

[@noelmontenegro11]

Love the tips and insight! Maybe I’ll go next year! Congrats 🎊

[@christinaclementson]

Enjoyed this! I’m running Chicago in 5 weeks time! Well done on a great run. Sounds like you had a blast.

[@MidLifeRunner]

It was so much fun. This was the first video on the channel that I put work into (way too long) . Can’t believe it’s almost been a year. Thanks for watching

[@christinaclementson]

@@MidLifeRunner I’ll be sure to wear my Boston jacket to the expo and flex my way round 🤣🤣🤣

[@travelingfit2032]

Thanks for the perspective. Looking forward to running my first marathon in Chicago this fall.

[@MidLifeRunner]

You’re going to do great. It’s an incredible race and crowd support.

[@Bwebber99]

Some good race tips, the tips are handy for other marathons as well.

[@vagome]

I’m running Chicago really soon. It will be my first marathon ever and I’ve just been running a year. I’m in my early 40’s too. I’m excited but so scared. It feels like I’m next to a giant and makes me feel so small 😅 Your words about just enjoying every high five from kids and hitting energy mushrooms helped a lot. Thank you! ❤

[@MidLifeRunner]

🙏🏼 It is truly a memorable experience. I think getting there a couple days before and walking through grant park and seeing where everything is also helped qualm some pre race nerves. I just put out a top ten tip video for the race but it’s mostly covered in my overly long first KZbin video you just watched 😂 best of luck

[@vagome]

Thank you so much! Will watch every video you have here. Already sub. Keep’em coming!

[@DianneSullivan]

I am flying to Chicago from the UK tomorrow to run the marathon on Sunday. This will be my 4th marathon and second world major. I'm travelling alone so anyone else in wave 1 (red) coral E please look out for a short scared looking Welsh woman! Your video has helped ease my usual pre-race maranoia 🙂 Thank you.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Happy to help. It’s a wonderful city and everyone was very open and friendly , at least last year . I’m sure you’ll have a blast

[@mauiswift6391]

Congratulations!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@lukesmith6298]

Chicago '24 crowd lets go!!!

[@MNP208]

Just came across your video… I won a sponsored entry from my employer for Chicago this October. I only had 3 months notice to train (with a lot of base miles), so I will be running with the goal of finishing only. Wave 3, corral L. 😂😂 I’ve run multiple half marathons and only one full marathon.

[@MidLifeRunner]

That’s exciting

[@annewright3486]

Thanks for the detailed video!

[@priscila5612]

Great video! The part about the guys in the Boston Marathon jacket. I'm sorry - but it's funny! 🤣

[@MidLifeRunner]

And to think I almost cut that part out. Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@priscila5612]

@@MidLifeRunnerYou're welcome and thank you for keeping that part in there!

[@ian7328]

My tip is buy the hospitality, heated tent and food before and after,free,unlimited goose Island after the race until 4pm paid for itself.

[@MidLifeRunner]

🤯

[@PlanetDental]

training in dallas during the summer was NOT ideal lol but you're more ready for the ideal weather

[@MidLifeRunner]

Texas summer training does make for a cool fall marathon success

[@jessicadrakul6551]

Your story is almost exactly the same as mine got sober at 27 started running at 40 :-)

[@MidLifeRunner]

@@jessicadrakul6551 let’s gooooo! Had to leave enough space for the emotional sobriety to settle in 💪🏼

[@jessicadrakul6551]

@@MidLifeRunner 45 now and doing Chicago marathon this year so I found your channel

[@deealex3348]

How do you even get into this race, it just seems impossible with the random lottery and too expensive to run with the donation option?

[@MidLifeRunner]

I Believe you can run a “good for age time “ - for me it would’ve been 3 hours 20 minutes , which I had not run . So I got lucky with the lottery . Regrettably a lot of world majors are lottery only . The New York has an age time but I think it’s 2:50 maybe . Pretty steep

[@DianneSullivan]

Hi, I got a "good for age" time back in 2019 to qualify for the 2020 Chicago marathon which was cancelled of course so I deferred my entry to this year - 2023 - it's on Sunday yikes! I choose 2023 because I turned 50 earlier this year and am in wave 1 due to my qualifying time back in 2019 which was 3:36. I'm now in a different age group so don't need to run as fast to get into Boston (a great part about getting older). This will be my 4th marathon, and 2nd world major (I've run London twice) so I'm working on getting the Abbot 6 star. Having said all this, I could have gone down the easier route of getting a place at Chicago through an international tour operator who have guaranteed places for non-US residents (I'm Welsh and fly to Chicago from London tomorrow). You could get a place in London this way (assuming you are US based) - sadly I have to go through the lottery or time qualify

[@Runderestimated]

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!!!!! So happy to meet you, but i realised I just carried on with my shakeout run and didn't say bye to you!! Sorry!! Also nightmare on the bib issue NEVER COVER YOUR BIB!! :(