Lila Rodriguez lives and trains in Lawrenceville, GA. She's currently targeting some smaller races along the way to her ultimate goal this year, the Chicago Marathon. How was your training leading into the race? Any memorable workouts? Long runs? Moments of existential dread about the impending challenge? Training was great, had some tough speed work [...]
Gina Romeo Sando lives and trains in Peoria, AZ. She ran the Mesa Marathon looking to better her previous marathon time from this past November and to have a bigger cushion for getting into Boston. How was your training leading into the race? I was nervous to start training because I had never trained for [...]
Jamie Rogers lives and trains in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She recently ran the Donna Marathon in Jacksonville FL and placed 2nd overall running for her mother whom is now a 5 year breast cancer survivor. How was your training leading into the race? My toughest workout during this marathon cycle was 3x 3mi repeats. [...]
Brandon Knight lives and trains in Celebration, FL. Since working with his coach on V.O2 he has undergone a transformation. How was your training leading into the race? I started training with my coach and V.O2 in November. In January of 2020 I weighed 430 pounds. Through hard work and training I ran my first [...]
Mary Denholm is an athlete and coach based out of Santa Barbara, CA. She scored one of the highest VDOT performances for a female athlete on V.O2 in 2021 with her 5:03 mile (58.7 VDOT). What does a typical training week look like for you? Depends! I was doing a ton of aerobic high mileage [...]
Eduardo Garcia is elite athlete based out of Greenville, SC. He represents the United States Virgin Islands internationally and is mainly focused on the marathon distance. In 2021, he had one of the highest VDOT performances (73.3) on the app. What does a typical training week look like for you? My last training block consisted [...]
Dylan Belles, 28, is an athlete and coach based out of Flagstaff, Arizona. He recently qualified for his second Olympic Trials with a 2:17:26 performance (73.4 VDOT) at the Houston Marathon. Besides being a top VDOT performer on V.O2 he was in the top 20 most miles logged in 2021 as well. With all this [...]
Ron Loewen is a competitive athlete and coach based out of Langley, British Columbia. He founded Gritty Run Club, "running for the community" and manages his private athletes on V.O2. In 2021, Ron was one of the highest mileage athletes on our platform so we connected to gain insights into his training. With all this [...]
In a continuing series, we are publishing interviews to gain insights from some of the top performers within the V.O2 community. Crystal Harris lives and trains in Edwardsville, Illinois. Her top performance in 2021 came at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon where she ran 2:41:07. What does a typical training week look like for you? CH: [...]
We chatted with Tom Black after his 2:31 personal best at the Houston Marathon last weekend. Tom lives and trains in New York City. You raced Boston in October and then Houston last weekend. Not a huge time between the two. How did you recover from Boston and soak up the Houston training? TB: After [...]