Posts tagged marathonrunner
Boston Marathon Training: 8 Weeks Till Race Day

IT TAKES A VILLAGE! 1:32:53 7:05/mi Half PR. Which is 3:33 minutes faster than my last Half PR time achieved back in 2017. You guys, it’s taken me 3 years to FINALLY break through 1:36:20…

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Boston Marathon Training: 9 Weeks Till Race Day

Pure exhaustion MUST mean marathon training! This week’s tempo workout got me really anxious about how I was suppose to hit 6:15-6:30/mi splits on super tired legs especially right after some downhill weight strength training to really beat them up..

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Boston Marathon Training: 10 Weeks Till Race Day

This week was hard AF! Not going to glamorize the workouts one bit but I’m proud I stuck it out. Living on a 250ft hill makes me grateful for the opportunity to grow and push my limits which ONLY make me stronger in the end.

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Boston Marathon Training: 11 Weeks Till Race Day

Glimpses of my potential, a launch party, and proper fueling had me at “This Is 11 Weeks till the 2020 Boston Marathon.” After a few days of post race heavy legs, I was excited to tackle Week 6 of Boston Marathon training. This week Coach Ben of Run4PRs had me focusing on downhill strength and weight training.

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Boston Marathon Training: 12 Weeks Till Race Day

My journey to sub 19 minutes in the 5k is not over! After weeks of specific training for the 5k, I clocked in at 19:01, a 19 second Personal Record and Personal Best! I could not be more thrilled and ecstatic of my 6:08/mi average, 3rd age group win, and 7th overall female finisher.

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Boston Marathon Training: 15 Weeks Till Race Day

And just like that Week Two of Boston Marathon training is over and I could not be more proud of my accomplishments! Training is only going to get harder from here but I’m ready. BRING. IT. ON!

What I’m most proud of is how much my mental toughness has grown in the past 8 weeks.

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Boston Marathon Training: 16 Weeks Till Race Day

It’s official! I’m finally training for THE Boston Marathon. After years of an attempt to qualify for the most prestigious marathon in the world, I finally Boston Qualified at CIM in December 2018 with a 3 minute and 43 second buffer. But the journey to Boston was just getting started…

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