As someone who works in the running industry and loves running, I hear a lot of discussions involving the word fast…but what is it, and is that discussion good for us?

What is coming in 2024 for me?

I think too often we define a run, or a runner, by their pace or their PR or any other number of factors. The pace that I ran may seem slow to some, and impossibly fast to others, but the pace doesn’t matter. The struggle does. The effort does. I don’t know who will read this or where you are in your journey, but celebrate the struggle. Celebrate the fight to cross the finish line, whether you’re first, last or somewhere in between. You are a runner!

At this point I’m a week out. The miles are in the bag and the training is over, now it’s time to finish the taper and get my mind and body ready to take on 26.2.