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