Hey friends! If you follow on socials you may know this already, but I have a hat coming out for our very first MFM brand collaboration with For The Run 🎉🎉 This has been a labor of love finding an ACTUALLY GOOD running hat in a world of really bad running hats so I’m super excited for it to be out! There is absolutely NO pressure, but to thank yall for being here the only discount I’m doing for this is for the Skool community 🧡 Everything will be live on myfirstmarathon.co on 9/19 at 10am ET! Discount code will be “Skool20” and will work for all merch including the hat!

Good morning everybody. This is not my first half marathon but definitely my first one at altitude. I ran New York in March and it was freezing and it was hilly. I am told that this one is high as far as altitude, but not a lot of elevation change Would love any tips or tricks. I will be there four days early to get used to being there. My brother lives in Denver so I have gone skiing and things like that and altitude doesn’t normally affect me at all, but I’ve never run in it. Thanks

I forgot when I first joined this group that I never introduced myself. Hello everybody. I’m fairly new to Running. I only started my first formal race July 4, 2024. I’m an older Runner I started when I was 54 separated and then eventually divorced. My friends dragged me out of the house and force me to exercise and work out and eventually running. Since then, I’ve been a local Running store Brandon ambassador inspiring other older runners to get off the couch. I also work with a few brands like Shokz, Swift Running, BibBoards, Feetures and Garmin. Still working on my first marathon, which was supposed to be New York, but then the Charity pulled all the bibs. It might be Disney marathon weekend in January. We shall see. I’m also a professional base player so I get to travel a lot

I recently figured out an improved method of taking salt tablets while running and thought I’d share it here: 1) Fold the salt tab into a 1-2 layer square of cling wrap. 2) Use clear tape to tape the edges onto your gel like a blister pack. It will help protect the salt tab in your sweaty pocket, and you can easily bite it open with your teeth to eat it without fumbling or fighting! If you give it a try, let me know how it works for you!

HUGE congrats to @Dom OBrien for smashing the Sydney marathon yesterday!! You are now a marathoner!!! 🎉 We’d love to hear about your experience when you’re ready! For now, soak it all in.😊 You did awesome!