Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: (IMPACT is my chosen word for 2025 - what was yours?) Hello Reader, History was made a few weeks ago at the 2025 Chicago Marathon. Conner Mantz broke American Marathon Record at 2:04:43, which is 4:45 minutes per mile. The crazy thing? HE WAS FOURTH PLACE OVERALL EVEN AT THIS PACE! The overall male winner came in at 2:02:23 - I'll let you do the math in case you want to train to win for next year. Best part of Chicago Marathon -...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: (IMPACT is my chosen word for 2025 - what was yours?) Hello Reader, Usually, I start these emails with a story about something that has been happening in my life or training. (If you didn't catch my last email, find out what happened with my summer training/attempt for Boston here)https://app.kit.com/publications/17294908/reports/overview This week, I wanted to share one of the most inspirational stories I've seen in a long time....
29 days ago • 3 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: (IMPACT is my chosen word for 2025 - what was yours?) Hello Reader, I know many of you have a great understanding of what it's like to set a big goal. Many runners often set a big goal that coincides with a race - whether it's trying to set a personal best, going a longer distance, or in my case - summer training with a goal of qualifying for Boston this fall. I decided to document my journey, and called it the "3:42 Project" -...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: (IMPACT is my chosen word for 2025 - what was yours?) Hello Reader, I know many of you have a great understanding of what it's like to set a big goal. Many runners often set a big goal that coincides with a race - whether it's trying to set a personal best, going a longer distance, or in my case - summer training with a goal of qualifying for Boston this fall. I decided to document my journey, and called it the "3:42 Project" -...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: Hello Reader, Well, it happened. My first BolderBoulder experience was yesterday and it was awesome, but to be honest, it also bummed me out. I was planning to volunteer - as a course marshall for the professional runners. Getting there wasn't the problem - I actually allocated enough time and parked without issue. I couldn't find my people and somehow walked 20K steps around the course: Didn't mean to "bandit" the course at the 5...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: Hello Reader, Have you been feeling over-JOYED lately? It's not uncommon for the topic of joy to come up on a daily basis - in conversation, on television (I'm not talking about the host from the View), and many different books, podcasts and printed publications. Why all the joy?? Joy has been found to have a positive impact on mental and physical health. This includes: resilience and coping, improved cognitive function, lower...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: Hello Reader, I thought that subject line might grab your attention! Allow me to explain: You can't make this stuff up!!! While scrolling through the Boston Marathon facebook page, I couldn't help but giggle at this "marketing" from Dicks Sporting Goods. The caption at the top was from the individual who posted this, and I'm SO glad he did. MEANING/MEETING IN MICHIGAN: It has been 33 years since my last high school soccer game. At...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: Hello Reader, One week ago at this time, I was in bed: A few hours before that, I was doing this: A few weeks prior to that, I wasn't sure how I felt about running marathons anymore. Shh - don't tell anyone! I have been so fortunate that my body has put up with twenty five years of running and marathons. While much has happened in my world since running Boston a year ago, I didn't expect losing the joy of running to be on that...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Jumpstartrunning Presents: In The Long Run IMPACTful THOUGHTS: Hello Reader, 17 attempts before success. I'm going to talk a moment about golf, and a different type of Masters. Last weekend, I was able to watch the end of the Masters golf tournament. I watched it with my Dad, which made it even more special :) Whether you are a golf fan or not, the STORY of Rory McIlroy and his victory was incredible. Prior to this year, you could sum up his time at the Masters like this: SO. CLOSE. Year...
7 months ago • 5 min read