Ready for Marathon/50K+: Mornings - November Start (8 Weeks), Ready for Marathon/50K+: Weeknights and Weekend Mornings - November Start (8 Weeks), Ready for Marathon/50K+: Mornings - March Start (8 Weeks), Ready for Marathon/50K+: Weeknights and Weekend Mornings - March Start (8 Weeks), Ready for Marathon/50K+: Mornings - February Start (14 Weeks), Ready for Marathon/50K+: Weeknights and Weekend Mornings - February Start (14 Weeks)
This program is designed to help walkers, walk-runners, and runners who want to traverse the Marathon or 50K+ Ultramarathon distance, whether they have previously done their selected distance or not. There is no obligation to register for any race, and if you choose to register for one, that is a payment to the race. If you intend to run one of The program targets three groups' goals: walkers who want to gradually increase the amount of mileage they do so that they can complete a Marathon or 50K+ walk-runners who want to increase the speed of their walk-run to shorten their Marathon or 50K+ times those who want to train to run a Marathon or 50K+ without walking All "Ready for" programs take participants from where they are to being able to do their chosen distances and generally cover at least six weeks, with many coached in-person workouts (including Marathon or 50K+ practice for the participants' chosen training distances, depending upon experience), a practice of at least 70% of the
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Race Travel Insurance
Don't forget travel insurance for February 17.
You've trained for months and booked a trip to Rochester, NY.
A pre-race injury, a delayed flight, or a family emergency can derail the whole thing.
Travel insurance can help cover your race entry fee, hotel, and flights if you can't make it,
and may cover medical costs if something goes wrong on the course. Plans typically only run
5-7% of your total trip cost — and running events are covered under standard plans with no
additional coverage needed.
Trip cancellation up to 100% of prepaid costs
Running events covered under standard plans — no add-ons needed
Trip interruption up to 150% of non-refundable costs
