Elevate Training

3:01:53 - 4th and FASTEST Boston Marathon.
Negative split(!) the tougher second half of the by 3 seconds (1:30:58 | 1:30:55).

Being conservative early on probably cost me a shot at sub 3. (a lifetime goal of mine to do so on this course) BUT it probably also allowed me to run my best section of the 4 Newton hills ever (7:09 mile 21 up 💔hill). So no regrets!! That was FULL SEND AND ALL IN today (one of my mantras). Proud as hell of BQ’ing on THE Boston course by 3:07.
13th marathon/ 8th BQ/ #1 race in the world

Boston……. 💛💙

Boston again?! All I can say is that it feels like the first time, every time.
Marathon Monday on deck……. 💙💛

🫡 Late salute to Elevate athlete, Scott McConnelee on his AMAZING 3hr 9min marathon performance at Grandma's Marathon 2 weeks ago!! In pretty sub par conditions he hung tough and qualified for the Boston Marathon!! 👏 🦄

Scottie came to us last fall after his BQ (Boston Qualifying) time of 3:14. Despite running great and getting 6 minutes under his qualifying time of 3:20, Boston had to hit their participant maximum of 25,000. As a result, anyone who didn’t beat their time by 6:51 was denied entry (in Scott’s case by a few seconds 😑) 🛑 🙅 THIS YEAR, Boston lowered his age required time to 3:15 (due to increasingly high demand for the worlds oldest/ best marathon and the desire to have everyone who qualifies be included). His work was cut out for him and he answered the call 📞…… EVERY SINGLE TIME. He nailed his training and with his shiny new PR, he should have no problem getting into Boston when registration opens in Sept.