Yeah.

it went according to plan so you know mindset you know and i saw it as a long game at that point i just wanted to get that sub three just to i knew i was a chick to do it and then focus on getting faster for the next marathon season and so that really brings us to kind of today's world heading into that summer of 25 that's when i you know saw jeff at that race met the sloth group Um, started running with them and I kind of conflicted with having a coach because I was showing up with, I had my own workouts designated, but then I wanted to run with this group who were doing different things.

So it made sense for me to kind of just go solo without a coach and, tacked on to this group that is super knowledgeable very fast supportive and it made the difference for me it was kind of the next step that I needed to take like I had established the consistency to that point with the coach and now I needed that intensity and aggressive mileage to get me to the next level so all throughout the fall of 25 I had already targeted Houston 26 that was my big plan to Finally get my, you know, Boston qualifier and all this stuff.

Really aggressive that you're just chasing the group, really.

And, you know, every single long run, I was going out and you look at my Strava, you know, activities or achievements.

It's like 18 mile run, but I set my two mile PR and set my mile PR and 5K PR and half marathon PR all during these long runs.

It's pretty cool.

y'all say this to each other or was it just kind of, yeah, no, we,

Marie

Osmond.

And this elderly lady, throughout the song, she just sobbed and cried.

And when I spoke to one of the wardens afterwards, I said, I think I've upset someone.

And she said, no, you just made someone's night.

You've actually brightened up her life.

And she took me to see that lady and that lady was blind.

Okay, back to the episode.