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 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 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 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 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.