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.