Erin Helbling lives & trains in Greenville, SC. She recently set a 9-minute PR at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon. She's originally from Pittsburgh and it has always been one of her favorite races, "it’s an awesome course through the city and surprisingly is pretty flat (Pittsburgh is known to be a hilly city)." How was [...]
Jason Martuscello currently lives and trains in NYC. After high school he lost over 100lbs and became fascinated with health and fitness. Still, he always hated running. Not until 2019 when he decided to run the NYC Marathon did he take up running. He set a goal of Sub-3 and "worked his ass off and [...]
Nora Gozzo lives and trains in the greater Boston area. She chose to run the 2022 Boston Marathon after DNF'ing Boston in October. She was heartbroken not to finish her first Boston so it was an easy decision to go back to get her redemption on that course. How was your training leading into the [...]
Alex Knecht is in the Air Force but currently lives and trains in Panama City, FL. He recently competed at the Boston Marathon, a big goal race of his. Having been raised in the northeast originally, the Boston Marathon was always a pinnacle of distance running in his mind and something he worked towards once [...]
Amy Hall lives in Baton Rouge, LA and trains with the Varsity Sports running group. How was your training leading into the race? I tore my right lateral quad in the summer of 2021 and could not start back running until September. I was able to make it through the 125th Boston in 4:25 and [...]
Aaron Kessler lives and trains in Los Angeles. He's been trying to qualify for Boston for several years and finally made it in 2022. How was your training leading into the race? My training was the most consistent I've ever done leading up to a race. I worked with my coach and made sure the [...]
Matthew Klundt lives and trains in Fresno, California. He ran his second personal best in a row at the Boston Marathon this year. How was your training leading into the race? Training leading up to the race was great. I had some great quality sessions hitting my marks and times, and had a couple workouts [...]
Meghan Behrent lives and trains in Brooklyn, NYC. She recently set a new PR at the Boston Marathon. How was your training leading into the race? My training was the best build-up I've had so far. It was my first time using V.O2 with Lift Run Perform and it was a game changer. Did the [...]
Juan Diego Pena lives and trains in Bogota, Colombia at 8,500 feet of altitude. He raced the Berlin Half Marathon on April 3rd because it's a flat course at sea level, which represented a great opportunity to test his fitness and altitude training. How was your training leading into the race? Training leading into the [...]
Katy Miller lives and trains in Lititz, PA. She recently ran the Shamrock Marathon because she read it was a flat, fun race providing her a good chance of setting a PR. How was your training leading into the race? Any memorable workouts? Long runs? Moments of existential dread about the impending challenge? Training leading [...]