Alan Ruben — Becoming a Marathon Legend! | RunChats Ep.134

<p><em>&quot;At my best, I was trying to be competitive with myself to get the best out of what I could do.&quot;</em></p>

<p><br></p>

<p>-Alan Ruben</p>

<p><br></p>

<p>Alan Ruben is an icon in the NYC running community—a paragon of consistency and an inspiration to so many in the masters running world for his remarkable running resume.</p>

<p><br></p>

<p>Alan has completed 35 straight NYCs, with 25 consecutive sub 3s from 1989-2014, and—the most astounding of all—15 consecutive sub 2:40s from 1991-2005! Alan ran his fastest marathon 2:29:54 at age 41 and placed 48th overall in the 1998 Boston Marathon.</p>

<p><br></p>

<p>Alan gives a lot of credit for his success to joining Central Park Track Club in 1990, where he enjoyed grinding twice-weekly workouts with fast teammates that helped push him. In the storied 100th Boston in 1996, he ran 2:30:30 with teammates Peter Allen and Andreas Nolte and they captured the Team Masters Title.</p>

<p><br></p>

<p>Key coaches/mentors who helped guide him: George Wisniewski &amp; Tony Ruiz of Central Park Track Club.</p>

<p><br></p>