r/firstmarathon↗
First timers to the 26.2
A place to help each other, learn, freak out, laugh, and make our first journey to the full marathon a little less scary or hard.
274k subscribers341 posts / mo in Sep 2026296 authors / mosince 2013
r/firstmarathon has 274k members (+6.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 341 posts a month from 296 people. Top topics: Marathon Training, Marathon Training & Reports and Running Challenges.
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Topics and brands on r/firstmarathon
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Marathon Training17%
- Marathon Training & Reports15%
- Running Challenges6.1%
- Marathon Races & Reports4.0%
- NYC Races2.4%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- V.O2
- Find My Marathon
- Wolfram
- Apple
- runDisney
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