01/10/2026
Why should I go on the world tour?
I want to fall in love with the marathon again!
I’ve run all three of the U.S majors (Chicago, New York x 2 and Boston x 3.) Every year I apply to get into the international majors through the lottery and don’t get in.
I’ve put my own running on the back burner since 2022 when we decided to have the twins and after they were born I gave first priority to my wife to get back to running and she ran the Houston Marathon in 2025. She’s already signed up for the Chicago Marathon again this fall and I’d love to be able to share the journey with her.
I don’t just want to run these marathons to finish, but I want to run “good for age” times for the races that offer them. I’m 58 1/2 so those times range from 3:23-3:30.
Along the way I’ll share training advice based on my own years of coaching experience and I’ll also talk about how to fit in the time to train when you have a full time job or kids or other things to juggle.
For each of the majors that I’ll be running I’ll also do an interview with at least one past winner of each of the races. We’ll talk about their training, their experiences on the course and their favorite memories of the day.
If you want to follow along you can on any of these platforms:
Dave Ross
RossRunning News
Instagram:
rossrunning16
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See you on the roads!
Abbott World Marathon Majors
