Marathon Dad

They said say goodbye to your marathons. They were wrong.

When my daughter was born, everyone from my best friend to my coworkers told me my running days were over. Six months later I crossed the New York City Marathon finish line in 3:41:25, a personal record by seven minutes. This book is exactly how I did it, and how you can too.

Marathon Dad is the guide I went looking for and couldn't find: marathon training built for the realities of new fatherhood. Sleepless nights, unpredictable schedules, a body running on four hours of sleep. Not a generic plan that assumes your life is stable. A plan that assumes it isn't.

“I'd run marathons before, but with a newborn I had no idea how I'd train. This was the plan that actually fit my life.” - Matt R, Colorado

Inside the 51-page PDF:

• A complete 23-week training plan, laid out day by day, with down weeks built in for when life happens
• Exactly how to run each week: Zone 2 pacing, tempo work, and long run fueling, explained for first-timers
• The injury playbook: prevention, diagnosis, and the 20-minute strength routine that keeps you on the road
• Time management for dads: finding training windows between naps, night feeds, and a full-time job
• When to schedule your race around a due date, and what to do when the baby arrives mid-training
• Race week and race day strategy, mile by mile
• My full story: the race I had to walk away from, and the one I'll never forget

What this isn't: an elite program, a medical textbook, or a guilt trip. You will not find a single sentence suggesting you should shortchange your family for a finish line. You don't have to choose.

Written by a dad who ran the miles, not a coach at a desk.

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