Name: Patty Swanger Age (Optional): 51 Occupation (Optional): Insurance Agent Where do you live? Morgantown, PA How many years have you been running? 10 years What are you training for? What are your goals? Harrisburg Marathon on 11/12. “A” goal is to run 3:35; “B” goal is to beat 3:40 Why do you run? So many reasons. It is my “me” time. Running is a great stress reliever and it always clears my head from the clutter of the day. I love the sound of my footsteps on the road an

Name: Laura Bee Age (Optional): 32 for now. Occupation (Optional): video editor. Where do you live? Jakarta, Indonesia. How many years have you been running? Since 2013. So 4 years at the moment. What are you training for? What are your goals? Well, for now my priority goal is Boston. Why do you run? Beside healthy, running help increase my awareness and body performance. My brain somehow works clearly and easy to focus. My sleep and metabolism are also better. What do you li

Name: Bill Bailey Age: 69 Occupation: Cheerful Retiree Where do you live? North Carolina How many years have you been running? 16 + (After a 22 year break I started again this Spring). What are you training for? What are your goals? North Carolina Senior Games 800 m. My personal goal was 3:15. Why do you run? To stay alive What do you like best about working with Run Your Personal Best? Cory worked with me to develop a good training plan for the 800m. What advice would you g

Weeks till C.I.M: 5 Weeks of Training: 14 Total Miles Run: 527.4 These last couple of weeks have been the highest mileage of my life. I have bounced back and forth between my love of running and my need to procrastinate. As of late, 5 and 6 am runs have become the norm in order to get all my work done during the day. I am currently half way through my final quarter of my graduate program. There aren’t enough hours in the day. I have tried my best to schedule my longer runs an

Name: Carrie Hines Age: 36 Occupation: Jeweler/Manager Where do you live? Arvada, CO How many years have you been running? 14ish What are you training for? Colorado Marathon May 2018 + a few halfs along the way What are your goals? Qualify and run Boston by the time I turn 40. Run all the marathon majors as well (2 down) Why do you run? Fitness & sanity. I enjoy pushing myself, setting goals and working towards them. I want my daughter to see that hard work pays off in all

Name: Bruce Hammond Age: 57 Occupation: Engineer Where do you live? Conway, AR How many years have you been running? I started running around 1996 What are you training for? What are your goals? I run 10ks, half marathons and full marathons. I would like to PR my half and avoid hitting the wall during the full marathon. Why do you run? I run to reduce stress and eat. Being a avid wine drinker and bread baker I need to burn calories. I also like the fact that I am competin

Name: Rolando Bonilla, however we are ridiculous enough to use two names (or more!) and two last names. My full name is Luis Rolando Bonilla Durán Age: 48 Occupation: I am an IT Project Manager for a home improvement store chain Where do you live? Just outside Guatemala City, in Guatemala, Central America. Let me add a commercial here: Guatemala is a beautiful country and we are spoiled with almost perfect weather. How many years have you been running? I have been running for

Name: Kelle Farris Age: 42 Where do you live? Portland, Maine How many years have you been running? 13 What are you training for? What are your goals? I am training for The Rock and Roll Marathon in Savannah, GA. My goal is to run an under 4 hr marathon. Why do you run? I run for fitness, both physical fitness and mental fitness. Running is how I relieve stress. What do you like best about working with Run Your Personal Best? The workouts! This is my 11th marathon and I have

Name: Melanie Morriss Age: 47 Occupation: Accountant Where do you live? Douglass, Kansas How many years have you been running? 4 years What are you training for? What are your goals? Currently training for Route 66 Half Marathon (November 2017) and OKC Memorial Half Marathon (April 2018) Why do you run? I started running when I quit smoking so I would have a constant reminder why I didn’t want to do that anymore. I kept running because I just felt so much better, both mentall

Weeks till C.I.M: 8 Weeks of Training: 11 Total Miles Run: 394.4 There is always a huge feeling excitement and anticipation leading up to a race. The thought of the race tends to pop in and out of my head a lot during my training, and even while I'm trying to relax at home. I picture the event, I try to imagine myself in the race, and most importantly I try to wrap my head around the fact that I'm going to have to give it my all for 13.1 miles. My 11th week of training came t

Weeks till C.I.M: 12 Weeks of Training: 7 Total Miles Run: 213.2 Made it through another tough week of training, and it’s going great. Goal for the week was 40 miles, with a Fartlek and a Hilly Long Run. Although we have just started getting into workouts, I am feeling stronger than I ever have. My running has gotten a lot better thanks to one thing — PACING. Cory has preached the importance of pacing to me long enough. I used to be so focused on hitting a certain pace, I was

Coaches Note: Kathryn was referred to Run Your Personal Best from a current athlete back in July and is currently training for the Dallas BMW Marathon in December. She is an amazing inspiration for every runner having run for 842 days straight. It's been fun watch here week after week get stronger and never miss a run or workout. I've also enjoyed random comments back and forth between her running group friends on who push the pace on the runs. Name: Kathryn Welch Age: 42 Occ

Weeks till C.I.M: 13 Weeks of Training: 6 Total Miles Run: 172.1 Well, here I am, gearing up to race a Marathon in December. I have been training with Cory for a little over 6 weeks now, and the miles are starting to add up. This last month and a half has been a smooth but persistent transition towards higher mileage. My workload has slowly creeped up and I will hopefully have 40 miles under my belt by the end of this week. Every morning I wake up and have an email notificati

Coaches Note: Chris joined the Run Your Personal Best team in December 2016 to prepare for the Revel Marathon in Nevada where he set a personal best by 7 minutes and is now training for his second marathon on Oct 28th. Chris is one of the hardest working runners rarely missing a workout or run and can be found running his 18 mile long runs on an indoor track. Name: Chris Lewis Age: 45 Occupation: Pastor Where do you live? Greensboro, NC How many years have you been running? V