I had a goal of running the NYC marathon for my 40th birthday but had no idea how to get in. I joined NYRR in January and proceeded to run my first ever 5k, my first 10k, my first half, and built up my training as a racked up my 9 runs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RunNYC/comments/137ylg3/how_to_run_nyc_marathon/

