Elizabeth's knee pain is in the past! So what's next? A marathon! Elizabeth is already a speedy gazelle 💨 and would like to qualify for Boston somewhere down the road. Importantly, she'd like to do it without her knee acting back up. After being cleared by PT, we're in good shape to start training, and we'll pay specific attention to the things that could have brought this on.

Meet Song, who's training for the Wild Woman 50k in June! Song's main goal in running is to listen to her body and focus on her journey rather than the outcome of one particular finish line.

In running, we can have outcome goals like finish times, but process goals like feeling strong, staying fueled, running healthy, and much more are just as important—if not more!

Proud of Harmony, who joined our team to return to what she loves after taking care of family for a long time. Harmony has her eyes on the Tahoe Marathon in the fall. She went through a serious accident, fracturing her leg, and is now working on strengthening her body alongside her running.

Meet Nancy, who’s training for the Revel Reno-Tahoe Downhill Half Marathon! She’s also participating in the Capital Odyssey two weeks thereafter with her husband who captains a team. Despite a history of back pain, Nancy discovered she didn’t need to live with it in her exercise thanks to the help of Jade over at Clinch Performance Physical Therapy.

What an absolute delight to have the talented Genevieve in our midst! She just cranked out an incredible 2:02 half marathon back in September, and now, after a break, she's back for the Jed Smith 30k in Sacramento at the end of the month.

When it comes to us ladies and aging, a certain kind of training that includes heavy weights and high-intensity efforts is paramount to decelerate muscle loss. I was so positively surprised to see that Genevieve is already incorporating the majority of these things in her weekly training. No wonder she's running her half marathons like a rocket !!

Meet Tony, who's aiming to qualify for Boston at the Tokyo Marathon in March! In the 70s age group, this requires about a 4:25 finish. He just ran CIM and was disappointed with his time.

Tony confided he might be struggling with back-to-back marathons more now that he's older. Yes, that's a fact. But when we looked at his running together, two things stood out more than just higher age-related recovery needs.

Are you looking to run your first marathon? Christine from Incline Village is joining our team to tackle hers sometime in the new year. She will work on a half marathon and then progress to her big goal from there.

Joel recently joined a local competitive team but has significant time constraints as the sole caretaker for two children. One is five months old! He'd like to do well in the @pausatf Road Grand Prix, even though he can only run one day a week. A couple of marathons await in the distance as well.

Meet Dani, who finished Black Canyons 100k recently and is now back for more! Dani is training for the Bay Area 100, a new race in the hills of the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area. Dani’s main goal is to not lose focus after a few months when training for a big event.

Meet Xander, who’s working on qualifying for the Boston Marathon with a 2:55 time. Xander ran track in high school and founded a running club at his university.

Meet Dean, who's training for a six-day race at Across The Years, a multi-day ultra put on by Aravaipa Running.

Meet Riya, a longtime runner who is running the Boston Marathon every year. Doing this requires a yearly qualifier, but this year life stressors have gotten in the way of finding the motivation to train for Riya, making her feel like she’s in a training slump.

Meet Chandra! Her goal is to qualify for the 2027 Boston Marathon. Running it will be a gift to herself for her sixtieth birthday. Chandra will attempt a qualifying time at the upcoming California International Marathon.

Meet Alexandra, a #RADrabbit ultrarunner and Hyrox aficionado! She will begin her coaching journey with us in early January after some much-deserved rest following a busy season.

Meet Erin, who's training for the Eugene Marathon next spring! Erin and I connected via the Mikkeller Running Club Reno! After running the Broken Arrow Skyrace and the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey last year, she felt an injury coming on, and as a result, Erin thought she might not be able to run more than twenty-five miles per week.

Meet Jenny! She's training for the 2026 Javelina 100-mile race in the Arizona desert. She has already run the 100k distance there in 2024, so it won't be a quantum leap! But what most differentiates the two distances is likely the need to run through the night. Besides the nutrition puzzle, of course.

Meet Tracy, who's training for the Eugene Marathon. One day, Tracy and I ran one of her workouts together, provided by an AI platform that shall not be named (think R**** 🫢). This run proved so exhausting to me I could barely keep up!

Meet Hannah, our speedy energizer bunny! Hannah is training for the 2025 New York Marathon. But just running isn’t quite enough for her—she also teaches Hot Pilates four times a week and goes on multi-hour bike rides for fun, always a smile on her face.

Meet Joanna from Rocklin, who set a goal to finish a marathon when she turned forty. Two years later, Joanna is unstoppable. Now her goal isn’t just a marathon, but the Canyons 50k!

Meg is very proud of starting her running passion in her mid-thirties. Just to reassure, I let her know I started around then, too! She would like to participate in the 2026 Reno-Tahoe-Odyssey, where teams of twelve-or-so runners cover a stunning 178 miles in the Sierras.