Happy Wednesday y'all! I am super excited to announce that our June athlete spotlight is the incredible @Kristine Owen Wood! Kristine is always one of the first to cheer others on and I think I speak for all of us when I say the Friday polls are always amazing and make me really think about myself as a runner (and a person lol). Thank you for being an important part of this community, Kristine! And be sure to check out her full interview: https://www.myfirstmarathon.co/post/first-marathon-buddy-program-athlete-spotlight-meet-kristine-owen-wood

I was going for an even better pace record (because you know how us runners are lol). But I am super happy with what I accomplished today. I beat my last half marathon by 13 minutes! I will take it! I felt awesome and put the work in so my finish was just perfect for me. Now onto Bigger goals, FULL MARATHON IN DECEMBER! 😱 Thank you to this group for so many amazing suggestions.

Let’s shout out some wins, big or small!! My win of the week is actually NOT running this week, I’ve been under the weather and am not currently training (yay running for fun!) so instead of forcing myself to get in some miles, I’ve prioritized my body and some much needed rest :). Lots of waking!! What’s yours? 👇

If you could only choose ONE type/consistency of running fuel to take DURING your runs for the rest of your life, which would you choose? (Add why in the comments!)

Hi friends! I interviewed an incredible person on the podcast for today's episode (@carlyschrom if you want to check her out!) and wanted to share some inspiration with you on this fine Monday. Carly was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, had liver surgery at 22, went through months of not being able to run, and then slowly clawed her way back one mile at a time. She ended up running her first marathon at 4:30am on the one year anniversary of her surgery. No bib, no crowd, just her and her boyfriend looping a pond in Wisconsin in the dark in December. Her story was SO full of gratitude for just being able to run, and I think all too often we tend to take being healthy and ABLE to run for granted. So this week I just want us to be grateful for our runs. The slow ones, the tired ones, the ones where you really didn't want to go but you went anyway. We are really lucky to get to do this. Go get after it this week 💪