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...
