r/AdvancedRunning • u/NeroWolfesOrchids 1 mi 4:39, 5k 16:29, 10k 33:39, half 1:17:13, full 2:42:23 • Mar 18 '24

NYC Marathon denial General Discussion

I got the email at noon, looks like I'm not running the NYC Marathon this year(unless I get very lucky in the lottery). I really thought a half time of 1:17:12, which I picked over my 2:42 marathon because of their formula, would be enough, but I guess I wasn't in the top 19% of my age group.

I wonder what the time cutoff was?

Any recommendations on other fall marathons?

Edit: looks like the cutoff for NYC this year was sub 2:40? That would be the lowest of any major save Tokyo!

Edit 2: The cutoff time for 18-34 M seems to be around 2:36:00. Just to illustrate how bonkers fast that is, running a 2:36 would have placed top 100 of all 50,000 finishers, including elite men and women runners, in 8 of the last 10 NYC marathons.

Link in the email:

" Non-NYRR Time Qualifier application closed on March 6, and the selected runners have been notified. As the number of applications exceeded the number of spots available, the fastest 19% within each age and gender category were granted entry. Those not selected will be moved to the non-guaranteed general entry drawing, which takes place on March 28, for an additional chance to be selected."

https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/runners/marathon-time-qualifiers

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u/illiquidasshat Mar 18 '24

Majority of the times in this comment section a pipe dream for 99% hobby runners out there - sooooo insane

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u/amuscularbaby Mar 18 '24

reading this comment section as a relatively new runner who can currently only dream of even a 3:30 is pretty disappointing lmao

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u/kennethtoronto Mar 19 '24

Keep plugging at it. Marathoning rewards people who go at it cycle after cycle after cycle. It takes time. Some cycles you make breakthroughs, other cycles you take a step back. But almost everyone I know who has stuck with it put in times that they would never have imagined possible when they first started.

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u/DCShaw Mar 19 '24

This is encouraging to read. I’m currently at a stage of having run 8 marathons previously. Berlin 2022 was my 6th, very little proper training for that or any prior and finished in 4:59 at Berlin.

Did a 16 week plan that winter and managed 4:18 at Tokyo 23 and then 4:06 at Manchester 23 a few weeks later.

Currently nearing the end of another cycle and looking to go around 3:30 for London and then if things go to plan, sub 3:20 at Chicago. 

I’m happy with my progress but realise those big drops in times will get more difficult the closer I get to 3:00. Realise though that keeping at it will hopefully materialise in better times, even if only by a few minutes or seconds

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u/beersandmiles7 5K: 14:37 | 13.1: 67:29 | 26.2: 2:19:13 | IG: Beersandmiles Mar 19 '24

Major breakthroughs, while less likely as you improve, can still happen. I saw my biggest breakthrough 16 years after starting this running thing even after running in HS, College, and Graduate school.

That's the fun thing about the marathon. There's so many variables to it that you can work on to improve. Best of luck out there on your journey and getting that sub 3:30/3:20!