Marathon build
Periodised builds through New York, Berlin, and London windows. Progressive long runs capped at 35 km. Taper rehearsed twice.
55–90 km / wk
42 / 48
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Est. 2019 · Bleecker Firehouse · NYCTuesday track · 19:00
Wake thelegs.Run the city/
A running club that meets six days a week in all five boroughs. Daily shakeouts, Tuesday track, Sunday long runs, and marathon builds with pacers who hold the line when your legs forget how to. Show up once; you'll know where the oranges live by the second week.
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Wake · the · legsRun · the · cityTuesday · track · 19:00Sunday · long · 08:00Bridges · River · ParkWake · the · legsRun · the · cityPacers · hold · the · line
01 · The calendarFour tracks.
Four tracks.
Six days a week.
Pick the track that fits the season. Then pick the one above it when you're ready. Every session is coached; every pace group has a pacer; nobody finishes the last 400 alone.
Tuesday track
McCarren oval. Pacers from 3:40/km to 5:30/km. Strides, drills, and a honest warm-up — all home by 20:30.
8 × 400m → 6 × 1km
open
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Shakeout daily
Slow miles, loud coffee. Meet at the fire station on Bleecker. Pace is conversational — if you can't talk, we slow down.
5–8 km easy
walk-in
03
Sunday long run
Route rotates: bridges, ridges, or rivers. Water drops at 8, 16, 24. Post-run coffee at Café Ruba, tea for the brave.
16–34 km
68 / 100
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02 · a Tuesday track19:00. McCarren oval.
19:00. McCarren oval.
You + 161 others.
Five beats, one rhythm. The same shape every week — just faster than last.
Check-in
Lay your kit on the rubber. Bib number is chalked on the board — find yours, find your pace group.
162
runners tonight
Warm-up loop
1.2 km jog, lunge matrix, then drills across the straight. Pacers call cadence over a speaker zip-tied to a lamppost.
1.2
km easy
Block one
8 × 400m at threshold, 60s float. Splits called every lap at the clock. Group forms a moving ladder — no one runs alone.
8 × 400
at 3:48/km
Block two
6 × 1km at 10k pace. The pack compresses to one rolling unit through the final two reps. This is where you meet yourself.
6 × 1K
at 4:10/km
Cool-down
Walk a lap, then an easy 1.5 km back to the street. Someone always opens a bag of oranges at the finish line.
9.3
km logged
03 · the ledgerWhat the pack logged
What the pack logged
this month.
Numbers we post to the firehouse door on the first of the month, then update every Monday morning. No Strava-flex — just the mileage we put down together.
1,263
km logged · this month by the club
3:57
avg threshold pace per km
04:32:17
marathon PR — Sagna, Berlin '25
418
members on the active roster
Ismael Sagna
Half
01:12:44
Priya Venugopal
Marathon
02:44:11
Amaya Okonkwo-Ford
10K
33:08
Henrik Lindqvist
Mile
04:18
Dara Ní Chléirigh
Marathon
03:42:19
Tomás Bekele
5K
18:42
Rina Moscovici
Half
01:41:07
Juno Asekun-Oren
10K
38:52
04 · coaches & pacersFour coaches.
Four coaches.
Forty-one pacers.
The pacer pool is larger than the coach team because the pacers are the people who keep your pace group honest in the final 400. Read the roster, pick a pace.
05 · from the pack
"I turned up in December with no plan and ran Berlin the next September. This club is a conveyor belt — you just keep showing up."
Dara Ní Chléirigh
06 · questionsBefore your
Before your
first run.
No. About a third of members never pin a bib. Shakeouts and Sunday runs welcome everyone who can cover 5 km at a conversational pace. The racing side is a layer you opt into, not a requirement.
Next start · Berlin window
Gun up inT-minusthe fire horn.
000 : 00 : 00 : 00
Walk up to the firehouse on Bleecker at 18:45 any Tuesday or Sunday. Bring shoes that fit, a hat for the rain, and a friend if you have one. We'll chalk your name on the board.