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- Sep 18, 2026
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Suddenly, Your Local 5K Costs $50. Where on Earth Is the Money Actually Going? (opens the original)
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I’m on a 5K kick. And not just because I’ve decided it’s the best distance to train hard, test your mettle, and still have a life outside of running. A year ago, my son, then 8 years old, ran his first 5K with me, and he was hooked. So now we’re on the local 5K circuit, and I’m snatching up mom-son bibs like runners snatch up clean porta-potties. This summer, I was about to register us for a local 5K when the price—four months out—stopped me dead in my tracks: $50 for a 5K. For a quick compariso
‘After 3 Kids and a Decade Away From Marathons, I Ran a 3:23. Here’s What I Changed in Training to PR 26.2.’ (opens the original)
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You could say I “retired” from marathons after the Boston Marathon in 2016. But I figured I’d come back eventually, after having kids, to see what I could do. (A marathoner never really retires.) At that point, I was burned out from marathon training. I had trained for and run seven marathons over the course of roughly three years, and training for 26.2 no longer brought me joy. So, I scaled back to shorter distances. I set out to break 20 minutes in the 5K and had three kids, setting (and destr
If You Need Music to Run, Experts Say You Should Practice Without It (opens the original)
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Once when milling about a race starting line, I overheard a couple having a horrible realization: They shared a (free) Spotify account and would not be able to listen to their respective race-day playlists at the same time. Frantically, they assessed options as the minutes to the race gun ticked by. One could create a new account, but would they have time to rebuild the half marathon playlist? Did they know anyone who had a premium account? The woman offered to be the martyr and run without musi
“Banking Time” in a Marathon Is a Myth. Run Coaches Share Why It Fails—Plus 3 Tips for Smarter, Faster Racing (opens the original)
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There’s this myth that banking time in a marathon is a good way to stay ahead of pace and finish at your goal time. But we are here to wave our hands and yell, “No! Don’t do it!” If you haven’t heard the term—or if you have but you’re not sure what the heck it means—banking time is running faster and harder in the early part of a race to, well, put time in the bank for later, explains Greg McMillan, founder and head coach of McMillan Running. But this “strategy” doesn’t work, and coaches guarant
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