by DawnMcGrath | Jun 7, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run
Aristotle said, “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” Being an athlete and a coach, I simultaneously wear two hats. I like to think of myself as both student and teacher. Most often, my truest sense of understanding comes through first-hand experience. I...
by DawnMcGrath | Jun 1, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run, Trapped in an Air Pocket
Human beings are a species of thinkers. That is what differentiates us from the rest of the food chain. While it is said that we access a small percent of our brain’s potential, it is powerful enough to induce logic, emotion, and meta-cognition – processes that...
by DawnMcGrath | Mar 21, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run
Allow me to interrupt the series of posts where I have been retelling the story of my 2018 NYC Marathon experience to process the unfortunate circumstance of my first ever DNF on 3/9/19 at the Black Cat 10 Miler. SPLITS for the Black Cat My mind is swirling, and my...
by DawnMcGrath | Feb 26, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run
It is 9:45 am. I am waiting, with the rest of wave one, at the foot of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Staten Island. Mother nature blessed us with partly cloudy skies, low winds, and temps in the mid-40s for the start. The positive energy is electric, like a current...
by DawnMcGrath | Feb 22, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run
The NYC Marathon was like a massive dose of exposure therapy for me. Some of you with anxiety may read this and think, “Why would you do this to yourself?” Some of you without anxiety may read this and think, “What the heck are you so worried about?” Either way,...
by DawnMcGrath | Feb 9, 2019 | Coach's Corner, Reaching to Run
I set my “A” goal in March 2018: to run the NYC Marathon on November 4, 2018, in 3:20. At this point, it was too early to begin specialized workouts for a race that was almost eight months away. However, it was time to get serious about building my...
