Sit down. We need to chat.
You've been a runner for three solid years now (congrats, btw!), and you think you have it all figured out. You've been able to accomplish some amazing things, some things 3 years ago you'd never have believed possible. In your 3 years you've completely transformed from a lazy couch potato to a Couch25k graduate to a half marathoner to a marathoner twice over. You've even started to dabble in triathlon and have completed a handful of sprint to Olympic distance tris. By all measures that first-day-of-Couch25k Tracy could have set forward, you're done.
But that was then, and this is now. A year and a half later and I'm here to tell you that your adventure has only just begun.
At 3 years in, you've checked off every distance you could have ever wanted to, and you've done it reasonably well. You've improved your pace in leaps and bounds over the last 3 years. Girl, you just ran two marathons in two months at paces over a minute per mile faster than your first 5k! Speaking of your first 5k, you've knocked over 10 minutes off that time. You've taken over 30 minutes off your first half marathon. You've made so many improvements because you learned how to harness your discipline and channel your focus into setting goals and achieving success.
A year and a half later, that dedication has taken you to places you only ever silently dreamed of going.
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