Melanie wanted to run a marathon PR after several years of disappointing performances.
Melanie struggled over the second half of races. She’d be on pace to run a PR but couldn’t quite hold on.
Melanie ran 3:17:33 in Melbourne and finally broke her PR!
"I'd never done workouts like that! I'd pushed myself before, but nothing felt so much like the race in training"
Desparate to PR, Melanie would go out at PR pace in every marathon only to falter the second half
Melanie does 5k Park Runs in Australia. Thus, she wanted to make sure she stayed sharp in the shorter races while training for the marathon
Though she’s 40, Melanie knew her best times were still ahead of her. She just wasn’t sure how to get back to that level.
Melanie crushed her 14 year old PR and ran 3:17:33 at age 40.
Now she’s aiming to beat her half marathon PR while running under 20 minutes in the 5k for as long as possible.
