Run With Becky

Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 3:14:57.
I trained for 20 weeks with the LRP sub 3 team. I got covid in July which set me back a month. Going into this race I knew I wasn’t fit enough to go sub 3 but had the goal for 3:03-3:05. I really just wanted to beat my last two Indy times of 3:07. With the weather being awful, 20-30 mph winds with 40-50 mph wind gust, my goal changed to do what I could and finish. When I crossed the finish line I was actually so stinking proud of myself when normally I would be upset for running this time. I cried tears of happiness and not tears of sadness. This marathon was a TEAM race and not an individual race. If I didn’t have there by my side to work with, I would have mentally gave up. We worked together! Seeing other teammates out there just gave off this amazing energy! I never once felt alone.
Big thanks to for selecting me to be on a team with badass women! And thanks to my hubby Randy for his awesome cheering and support.
Much love❤️❤️❤️

7 weeks out from Indy. I had an awesome week of training! 10x 800m on Tuesday, 6x10 min at MP on Friday(14.5 miles), Randy biked with me, followed by 15 miles easy on Saturday. My legs definitely felt those back to back days. Enjoying my rest day today for sure! I’m feeling more like myself again post covid. It took a good 6 weeks to feel like I can actually breathe normally again.😮‍💨 Hopeful to continue trending upwards and building back fitness.

Here’s to a fresh start! First run after taking 9 days off running to rest my body before starting up a new training cycle that started this week for project breaking 3 at the Indianapolis Monumental marathon. It felt good to take a break even though I didn’t train for a spring race and have been basically just running easy with 1-2 small workouts a month and “lower” mileage. But I needed it! My body was still going through stress. Super excited to train again! My mind is finally in a good spot after a long winter of struggling with my mental health. I feel super out of shape right now, but looking forward to watching my growth as a runner and hopefully get some endurance and speed back😜
My legs must have been feeling fresh because my overall easy pace was 9:19 and it’s usually slower than that around 9:30-10:00 pace😆

🎅🏻🎁🎄Merry Christmas from The Vander Heiden’s 🎄🎁🎅🏻