Almost at the same time I found out that I got my spot in Tokyo Marathon 2025, Garmin announced that their Garmin Coach Plan now incIudes preparation for the full marathon. At that time I had different training/racing goals, but after my 2024 season ended, I decided to give it a shot and on October 1st, 2024, started using Garmin Coach’s Marathon Plan with target race being the Tokyo Marathon 2025.
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Chicago Marathon 2019: Fast Race in the Windy City
The Chicago Marathon usually held mid-October, is one of the six marathons from the Abbott World Marathon Majors series. It is one of the easiest to get into, with ballot chances close to 50% and generous qualifying times – to qualify for 2020, it was 3:20 for men, 3:50 for women in the 40-49 age group.
Its course is remarkably flat, and albeit it may be really windy, you can use it for your own good if applying smart racing tactics and set your Personal Best, earn a good amount of points for the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Rankings, and get one star closer to the coveted Six-Star Finisher medal.
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