r/firstmarathon
ActiveFirst timers to the 26.2
An "anything goes" place to help each other, learn, freak out, laugh, and make our first journey to the full marathon a little less scary/hard.
Members
244,272
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2013
June 30, 2013
Total posts
10.7K
archived
Total comments
111.2K
archived
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How many members does r/firstmarathon have?
r/firstmarathon had 244,272 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/firstmarathon dead?
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When was r/firstmarathon created?
r/firstmarathon was created on June 30, 2013.
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