Two thumbs up 🎉

Congratulations on your finish!! You showed a lot of heart and determination. Thank you for shouting out us "back of the packers". Please know that you've inspired this fellow xennial!

@Tinatravelsandruns

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Congratulations on your finish as well! Everyone who crosses the finish line is a marathoner. 😀

Thanks for sharing!

I loved your recognition of the back of the pack runners. I’m a 5-hr marathoner still trying to put it together. Getting that 4:XX time would be another victory during the marathon journey we all are on❤

@Tinatravelsandruns

Ай бұрын

Of course! Everyone who crosses the finish line is a marathoner and I love seeing the determination and grit of those finishing 5+ hours! That’s a lot of time to be on your feet, so definitely deserving of some recognition 🙌🏼

Great work!

Thanks so much for sharing - I’ve signed up for this race this December and your video has lots of great information. Congrats on a gritty race!

@Tinatravelsandruns

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Have a fun time running this race and good luck!

Thank you for making this video. You are a great motivation speaker. I am running my first marathon next month. I will remember your words as I run.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

You got this! Good luck with your first marathon! It’s a guaranteed PR 😀

Great run and video!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great race and video! 😁👍 You and I were standing together at the 3:50 pace start group.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! How cool we were in the same starting group! Hope you had a great race experience!

Your happy tears made me cry! So proud of your tenacity and hard work. I’m running my first London Marathon next April as a master runner. I’d be so rejoiced to finish it under 5 hours. Your video Issa inspiring.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Go Masters runners like us! Good luck at the London Marathon! That’s going to be exciting!

Hi tina! Super video! Try carrying a bottle of electrolyte and drinking at least a liter by the 13 mile marker. Aftereards, you can walk through each AS and drink 2 cups of electrolyte. This will keep the cramps away and get you closer to your 3:40 goal. Have a great day and a meaningful run!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip! This will be helpful for Surf City Marathon where the aid stations are sparse on the beach path. Better to get ahead of my fluid and electrolyte intake early!

Well done, Tina! CIM is no joke, incredible effort on your part. My last marathon of ‘23 didn’t go as planned either -love your optimism and ‘stoic’ approach, too. It’s truly a process. The PB’s and BQ’s will and do come.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Sorry that your last marathon didn’t go as planned but we all learn from our experiences. Good luck with your races in 2024!

Nice work! I ran this year’s CIM too. It was my first marathon ever and In my research leading up I’ve watched your previous CIM videos and you’re an inspiration: you don’t quit. I too lined up with the 3:50 group, I was shooting for 3:50 +/-5 and ended up running it in 3:54. In fact, that’s me a few people behind your right shoulder at 14:27, I’ve got the red hat on. Had I’d known you were so close I would have said hello!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! So cool you were able to find yourself in the video. Congrats on getting your goal! It’s hard to run even splits on the course, so that’s spectacular that you were still within your goal. Great job on your first marathon and I hope you’ll continue running marathons.

@davidgunther1282

7 ай бұрын

@@Tinatravelsandruns I'm not sure another one is in the cards. I'd like to BQ if I do, which means shaving 30 minutes off my time which would put that at almost a full-time job. I used the Stryd footpod and ran for power so my pace was all over the place if ypu look at it on a graph but I maintained the prescribed power output and it nailed the finishing time.

Great recap video .. lots of great “digestible” info… love the positivity !!! Keep up the great work!!!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found the video helpful. Check out the bakery featured if you’re in the area again for future CIMs 😀

Stay strong 💪 Stay positive 👍keep going!!!!

Hi Tina. I've only seen two of your videos since I've only recently discovered you looking through CIM videos a few weeks ago. But I've been waiting for you to post this one. I just love your positive outlook. I'm actually going to retire from running marathons but I'm going to continue to stay subscribed to your channel. I'm rooting for you girl to BQ soon. Great job on CIM 2023! Good luck at Surf City.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Sometimes taking a break from the marathon distance can be therapeutic and it’ll always be there if you want to come back to it.

You did amazing!!! I was there too! It was my first full marathon ever and I LOVED it. I enjoy staying active and being part of the amazing running community! Thank you for sharing your experience! And kudos to next one that I'm pretty sure you are already planning :)

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Huge congratulations on finishing your first full marathon! I hope you had an amazing experience and hope you’ll be running some more in the future. What a way to close out 2023!

Great job finishing strong and staying positive!! I think the cramps might be due to dehydration no? Actually, it also happened to me at mile 21 in Chicago, I stretched it out and toughed it to the finish.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think the cramps were more from not being as well conditioned as I thought I was, but definitely need to be more conscientious about fueling. Maybe I needed to front load my fueling before hitting the wall in the later miles.

Hi Tina, I just found your channel. I was at CIM and I really enjoyed my experience. The race was really good to me and I ran my first sub 3:00 hour marathon. Good luck on your BQ.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Wow, congrats on your first sub 3!!!! That’s awesome and glad you had a good experience at CIM 😀

Ran CIM this year too! Nice to see all the Sacramento sites again in your video as I came in from South GA. I lined up in the 3:15 group but quickly left them and then ran past the 3:10 group as well. Big 17 minute PR and 41 minute BQ. 3:08:22 for a 60 year old!!! THANK YOU CIM!!! I stayed up at the start so I could sleep longer. Good luck on the BQ pursuit! Boston is all they say it is! Chicago will be a sub 3:00 try in the AF 3.

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Whoa, that’s a huge accomplishment! Now that’s a buffer for Boston. Thanks for sharing your experience and good luck at Chicago. You’re an inspiration. 😀

@jimoconnor8597

7 ай бұрын

@@Tinatravelsandruns If I can do it, you can for sure. I’m just a regular guy that started running in his mid 50s. Got more serious and did lots of little things a lot over the last few years. All just added up I guess. I be following your road to Boston. Maybe I’ll see you there in 2025!

Seeing you at the finish line made my eyes wet too. I don’t know why but I always get emotional when I finish a marathon. Great job training for CIM this year. The journey made you stronger and you will go back and crush it again!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Anita! Thanks for all your encouragement leading up to CIM!

Congrats on a heroic finish! I ran CIM this year too. Too many rollers for me 😅 can’t understand how one can call this a fast course. I much prefer Chicago or Houston marathons - fast & flat 👍

@hagosmesgoun7195

7 ай бұрын

I agree it was a tough tough course indeed tho was able to do my first sub3 - truest me I had aces and pains fought threw it - we’ve the best comm .. good luck in ur running journey!!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! The rollers felt a lot more strenuous this year than in past years. I agree, Chicago is definitely flat. I’ve never ran Houston but I heard it’s fast!

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Congrats on your sub 3! Great job fighting all those aches and pains from the rollers to enjoy the downhill in the end.

@hagosmesgoun7195

7 ай бұрын

@@Tinatravelsandruns congrats to you as well . I’ll be looking forward to run Boston and Chicago next year .

😮 I’m behind Kofuzi at 11:05 🎥. It was a really cool weekend experience at CIM. Did you missed hydration or gels on your run??? I also cramped at mile 21, but took some seconds to stretch and kept going. Had my best marathon time of 3:32. But I did try to get saltstick chews, gels and enough electrolytes. Something that I would continue to work on, cramping is no fun. Congrats on staying strong and finishing the race 🙌🏼🙌🏼💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Cool! Good you got to meet Kofuzi too. Congrats on your marathon time. Great job working through the cramping. I made sure to take in gels, salt tabs and electrolytes on the course but I don’t think I was as conditioned as well as I thought. Oh well, I know where to focus on my training for 2024 😀

Nice recap of your weekend in Sacramento! Have you considered using a shoe other than the Vaporfly for marathons?

@Tinatravelsandruns

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I like the feel of the Vaporfly, but with all these latest shoe innovations, I am curious to see how other brands/models would work for me.

@andrewfeher224

7 ай бұрын

Up to the half marathon distance, I like the Vaporfly. But the one time I used them for a marathon, my calves were trashed. I'm partial to Adidas, but there are plenty of great options that might provide more support over the marathon distance.

Hi TIna, I just run my very first marathon at Los Angles Marathon, which I noticed you did too. Just wanted to ask you how many marathons all together have you run so far, and how many you run per year. I'm 62, and plan to become a regular marathoner before my legs start to give up. Also any advice as to which marathons to run in a year for an entry level runner like myself?

@Tinatravelsandruns

3 ай бұрын

Congrats on your finishing your first marathon! I’ve ran over 20 full marathons since 2017. I run 3 full marathons a year, whereas I used to run 4. I’m trying to focus on qualifying for Boston, so hence cutting back on marathons to emphasize training. I think it’s about what your marathon goals are. If you don’t care about your time and your goal is to finish, then you can run as many as your body can handle. I think most people focus on running one spring marathon and one winter marathon. Training takes a lot of time!