Not too long before joining, Colleen could barely run down the street. Now that she caught the running bug, she wanted to run her first marathon and qualify for Boston.
Being new to running, Colleen wasn’t sure of what was attainable. She also runs in the Florida heat and humidity without any sort of training group.
Colleen ran 4:15 in the Marine Corps marathon, securing her spot on the start line in Boston!
"No matter what I'm struggling with, the coaches seem to always hit the nail on the head with the answer"
Though Colleen enjoyed running, she wasn’t quite sure how to structure training. When she first started she couldn't run to the first stop light on her street. As such, there was so much unknown about proper training - workouts, mileage, paces, nutrition, strength work - it was all overwhelming.
Colleen was having a tough time training in the hot and humid conditions of Florida. This made harder workouts significantly more challenging to complete and recover from. Still wanting to hit her goal, she didn't know how to properly adjust the paces or workouts.
Colleen was unsure about how to prevent things like bonking in the marathon, how to fuel during the race itself, and the plethora of other questions that all first-time marathoners face.
It was hard for Colleen to gauge whether she was making progress in training. Was that workout supposed to be hard? Are my easy days too easy? This made it hard to stick to a planned feel confident she was on her way towards a successful first marathon.
After just 7 months of training with us, Colleen ran her first marathon at Marine Corps and secured a BQ. Now she’s aiming toward the 2019 Boston marathon and on her way to bigger and better results in the future.
