Marathon News and Updates
September 10, 2018

Greetings!

Marathon Week for our Berlin Team...good luck Jen Muckley and Anna Downing!

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Topics in this Newsletter

  • Updated Training Plans: Chicago/MCM/NYC

  • Berlin - Contact person at Expo is Jamie Penn and final tips from Coach Everett.

  • Chicago - Fundraising should be almost complete ... Countdown 26 days. We will need your dinner RSVP next week.

  • MCM - Important: No exceptions or extensions ... must complete registration before Wednesday, 9/12

  • New York - Fundraising should be at least halfway.

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Let us know if you need the link to setup your FUNDRAISING PAGE (please know, bibs will be pulled if fundraising minimum is not met).

Thank you,


Phone: 708-205-5692
Coach's Training Plans
Sharpening Phase (weeks 14-19).
The second phase of the training program (weeks 14 to 19) is the Sharpening Phase where you will continue to adapt your body for even longer endurance runs. This is the phase where the two plans will diverge, typically with respect to three things: i) total weekly miles, ii) mid- week run distances, and, most importantly, iii) the types of work outs completed during the weekly run(s), for example, Goal Pace, Tempo work, and / or Hill Sprints as a portion of the run. READ MORE
Chicago Marathon
Chicago/Berlin
Sharpening Phase
Marine Corps
Sharpening Phase
TCS-NYC
Sharpening Phase
Berlin Marathon
Sept 16
Contact at the Expo : Jamie Penn, The RealBuzz Group

Chicago Marathon
Oct 7
RSVP to Team Dinner next week:

Team Dinner : Saturday, 4:30-6:30
Francesca's on Taylor
1400 West Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607

Jack's Team member free; guest ~$27.

Notes from last week :

  1. Make sure your travel times/plans allow for a stop at the Expo. All Runners MUST present ID when picking up packet at Expo - packet cannot be mailed and cannot be picked up by someone else. NO EXCEPTIONS!
  2. Fundraising should be at least half-way before your JMT shirts and goodie bag will ship.

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Hotels : Discounted Hotel through Experient (the official housing provider for the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon).

Expo : Friday and Saturday. ALL runners must show ID and pickup their own packets.

Team Picture : Sunday, 6:30 AM, Congress Hotel VIP Room, across the street from the start line. Family and friends and join you before and after in the VIP room located on the 2nd floor.
Marine Corp Marathon
Oct 28
IMPORTANT: September 12th

No exceptions...registration must be completed by Wednesday, 9/12.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

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Training runs are getting longer as temperatures are getting hotter. In addition to logging the miles, mission preparedness includes booking your MCM Weekend hotel. onPeak, the proud hotel provider for the 2018 MCM, has negotiated special, low rates exclusively for MCM participants. In just a few clicks, you can secure your preferred reduced-rate hotel convenient to the start, finish, Metro, sightseeing — you decide! To check out this year’s hotels, click on the button below and take secure your preferred hotel location.

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Prince George's Exhibit Halls.

Jack’s Team Dinner Location :
165 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
The food, atmosphere and location worked out great for the team last year. JMT members are free (~$27 per guest).
TCS-NYC Marathon
Nov 4

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Review the baggage options. On race day, runners must leave Central Park via the exit that corresponds to their baggage option. If a runner chooses or is assigned to the Bag Check option, we will not order them a poncho, and they will not be able to claim one after completing the race, even if they decide not to check a bag that day.

Review the transportation options. Runners will only see transportation options that will allow them to arrive at the start at an appropriate time for their wave and corral assignment. Once a runner makes a transportation selection, they will be required to use that method of transportation on race day.
Note: Buses are full.

Selection Period :
Baggage and transportation options will open at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Options will close for charity runners (those who use an invitation code to register in My NYRR) at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, September 13, 2018. (Note that the closing date for non-charity runners is Wednesday, September 5, 2018, and the closing date for charity runners is not listed on www.tcsnycmarathon.org.) Options will disappear as they reach capacity.

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JMT PASTA DINNER :
Time: 4:30 PM
Date: Saturday, 11/03
JMT member free/guests ~$27
Jack's Team Bibs
Accepting applications for 2019
Chicago and Berlin
  • Marine Corps - Final Days only a few bibs to fill (low fundraising $250)
  • Chicago - Sign up for 2019...we have 52 bibs to fill.
  • New York City - Full (wait list)
  • Berlin - Accepting applications for 2019

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