I live on the North Shore Of Boston so there are plenty to choose from: I'm a man in the 30-39 year old age group, married with a child under 1 years old. I typically train alone 40-50 mpw, my Half Marathon PR is 1:35 and Marathon is 3:25. My goal is run a sub 3 hour marathon in the next 2 years.
So my question is should I join one, any recommendations, pros/cons
Thanks in advance
it can't hurt - you probably don't have much free time on your hands though.
Yeah, I would recommend it. You might find someone similar to your abilities/goals for the "iron sharpens iron" effect. Plus it's a great way to network.
The only cons I can think of is that sometimes the clubbies run too hard on the easy days and you might get sucked into more volunteer activities than you have time for.
Yes
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I live on the North Shore Of Boston so there are plenty to choose from: I'm a man in the 30-39 year old age group, married with a child under 1 years old. I typically train alone 40-50 mpw, my Half Marathon PR is 1:35 and Marathon is 3:25. My goal is run a sub 3 hour marathon in the next 2 years.
So my question is should I join one, any recommendations, pros/cons
Thanks in advance
Yes if you like talking to people while you run.
No if you like being alone. And definitely no if you're trying to target specific paces. That can be really tough in a big group run.
I live in your area, am a member of two different clubs...and usually don't show up for club runs. It's just so much easier to lace up and go on my own. But when I do go I enjoy it for the human interaction, and sometimes I get some good advice from other members.
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Yes if you like talking to people while you run.
No if you like being alone. And definitely no if you're trying to target specific paces. That can be really tough in a big group run.
I live in your area, am a member of two different clubs...and usually don't show up for club runs. It's just so much easier to lace up and go on my own. But when I do go I enjoy it for the human interaction, and sometimes I get some good advice from other members.
This is good advice. I don't belong to a club right now, mainly because of time constraints with a full time job, commute, wife, kids, etc. It's so much more efficient to head out on my own. I've run with a club before, and found major benefits to be friendships and networking. Track workouts with others can be a huge benefit for your running, provided you control yourself and don't race others. But for easy, long and tempo runs I prefer to run alone based on effort or pace work and not have to worry about outpacing/keeping up with others.