Nearly 40,000 people will stampede through the boroughs on Sunday, November 2, in the New York City Marathon. And the race isnt done growing. Some in NYC think the marathon could include up to 50,000 runners in upcoming years.Thats a lot of people. Many of whom will want to share their accomplishments. But nobody wants to be replica watch gift thatguy or gal. You know the one. Hes determined to share every footstrikeof his weekend. He wants to talk about his bonk, his second wind, hissecond bonk, his heart-rate, calories burned, watts churned, and, well,you get the picture.Want to join the throng. Well put you on track with our running master plan. Just promise to keep the talk about your workouts to a minimum.--Alex CrevarUnless you want to share your thoughts with us. What do you think about obsessive runners who talk all the time about their work outs? What do you think about the number of runners competing in big city marathons?
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