In anticipation of the New York City Marathon this weekend, we (well, okay, mostly Steve) lay out the ins and outs of how to have your best race, building you a complete toolkit you can use throughout your 26.2 miles. BUT! It’s not just for runners. As the legendary marathoner Eliud Kipchoge once said, “Marathon is life, and life is marathon.” So we’’re explaining how each of the tools you can use for the marathon—and the lessons we’ve learned from running them—apply to life. This is about setting expectations, handling nerves, goal-setting, tools for doing hard things, working through difficulty, managing disappointment, learning how to surrender, let go, and move on, and much, much more—in running and in life.

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