Race Recaps 2026

This was my first time going into Boston feeling like it was truly my first—full of nerves. Since the Shamrock Virginia Beach Marathon, where I was tripped, I hadn’t run more than three miles (and that was run/walk). My foot doctor had me on steroids and treatments to heal my Achilles. I had no pain going into race weekend, but I was nervous—I simply hadn’t trained. Even my Garmin was telling me I was “detraining,” which was not exactly helpful for my mindset. I had the 5K on

Kim and I had a tough winter training for Boston. New England weather felt like the winters I remembered as a kid growing up in Torrington—snow piling up endlessly, ice storms, blizzards, and cold rain. Most of our long and quality runs ended up on the treadmill, which made training feel tedious. Kim somehow managed to get in a 22-miler, while the most I could handle without losing my mind was 16. One Sunday afternoon, I said, “Let’s find a warm race for our last long run