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 I ran my 2nd marathon in York and was thrilled to come away with a new personal best time of 4:44:47. Happy with my marathon PB. Why Yorkshire Marathon After running my first marathon in Manchester last year, I wanted to challenge myself again to run another. I entered the London Marathon ballot, didn't get in, so had to find another marathon that checked all the boxes.  I wanted something relatively flat, easy to get to, and in the autumn. Yorkshire Marathon met all the criteria. Training with John It would feel weird to recap a marathon without having written anything about the training previously, so here's a summary of training since July.  This year I trained with my boyfriend, John, who ran the marathon with me. I was originally hesitant of running another marathon this year because this was going to be our first full summer together since we started dating, and training for a marathon limits your free time.  When I told this to John, he secretly entered the London Marat