This helped me go from a 53:30 in last year’s Bolder Boulder to 49:13 for this year’s Bolder Boulder. With help from Sage’s YouTube Videos, I was able to learn the “why” behind what my coach was telling me to do, and also learned enough about running to keep myself out of trouble (mostly). seems like I was always able to find a video that covered it. Whether the subject was stride length, cadence, easy run pace, etc. Sage’s YouTube Videos helped a lot, because they covered such a wide variety of topics fairly in-depth, so I was able to learn a TON about running pretty quickly just from watching his videos. I started working with a coach right away, to make sure I didn’t do anything that got me hurt, but obviously I didn’t want to ask him questions 24/7. Haven’t had an issue with stress fractures at all since I started running but my mind was on injury prevention from the start. When I was moving to Colorado, I checked in with a podiatrist, who assured me flat feet doesn’t mean you can’t run and gave me orthotics. I wasn’t competitive back then and was just doing it because I joined the military and had to run in basic.

I got 6 stress fractures back in 2004 because I didn’t know I had flat feet and forgot about running. “I started running when I moved to Colorado, first as a way to get fit after wanting a more active lifestyle, and now I run because it represents freedom to me. The Sage Runnings’ BQ Marathon Plan was a great resource that helped me reach my goals.” After completing the plan, I finished the 2018 LA Marathon in 3:02:15 and then completed the 2018 Illinois Marathon six weeks later in 2:59:09 after some rest then ramping up back up to repeat the end of the training plan. The format was easy to follow and I enjoyed the motivational quotes as well.

The specific and detailed pacing instructions made it easier to gauge my progress and see if I am on track to reach my goals.

I had been following Sage Canaday due my interest in plant-based athletes so I decided to check out Sage Runnings’ BQ Marathon Plan. So I decided to look for a training plan that had less interval training during the week and more higher-intensity workouts on the weekend. However, it was very difficult to find time in my schedule to complete the numerous long mid-week runs. It worked well enough to bring my time down to 3:23:00 for the 2017 Chicago Marathon. I followed a modified Hal Higdon advanced training plan. “After running the 2016 Chicago Marathon in 4:13:54, I decided to look for a training plan to help improve my time.

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