GottaQ in Cumberland closed at the end of November. I was there about 2 weeks before they closed and they said that they were hopefully going to open up a smaller store eventually.

Some good suggestions. Additionally you should check to see if there is a WaterFire that days that you will be here. The website doesn’t have their 2023 schedule listed yet, but they had some lightings in May of 2022. There is also a lot of other info about visiting Providence on their site. Here is a link: https://waterfire.org/plan-your-visit/

I liked it better when they included ‘Donuts’ in their name.

Good luck to anyone that needs to read that. Needs way more contrast between the letters and the background to be accessible.

I ran the Providence Marathon in 2016 following a plan from this website:

https://www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/marathon-training/intermediate-1-marathon/#program-list

It provides different schedules based on your ability level and then shows how many weeks to train and how many miles to run on each day of those weeks, gradually increasing your weekly miles. I think I did either intermediate 1 or 2 (I can't remember now), but it allowed me to train well enough to complete my first marathon. There are also other sites with training plans if you search around, but this one seemed straight forward to me.

If you are looking for others to connect with, then I agree with the suggestion by u/brogaant about contacting Rhode Runner. I think they usually have a Wednesday group run and a longer Sunday group run, so you can connect with other runners.

Good luck on your marathon!

There are a few decent local dive shops:

Dive On It Scuba in Cumberland

Giant Stride in Warwick

East Bay Dive Center in Warren