Personal Best Training

Spring is almost done so a quick update before summer begins. made the most of a great season stacking PRs ending in Bayshore. and .laughner enjoying the mini well into their baby building phases. went to plan B and blew up is marathon PR in Glass City. won her “hometown” marathon in Louisville. went sub 3 for the first at 53 in Champaign. dropped massive minutes off of her PR in Boston. Speaking of Boston the hills felt a little steeper as pushes her brother Tommy. lead the team at the Mini. is waiting for the next WMM because he earned his complete set in Boston. took advantage of great competitors to PR at 10K at Bellin. My granddaughters will see all kinds of racing in their first year. This one was at a very famous oval.

Here is a quick recap of February, March, and early April before heading into Carmel & Boston this weekend. won the 5M at Polar Bear. .laughner was 3rd in the Bear (combined 5K and 5M) with Baby Laughner along for the race! set the Costa Quarter record while and were 2nd & 3rd in the half marathon. PBT runners were on the move with in Tokyo, in DC for Cherry Blossom, and & celebrated their Marathon de Paris Triomphe!

January was mostly about preparing for the rest of 2025 but included some highlights. ran 1:08:32 in Houston. also retuned to racing in Houston with a 2nd AG placing. opened the year in the Keys with a 2nd. What do you do when your trail is iced over? grabbed a couple of friends for a 50K day. Apparently baby granddaughters speed post surgery healing. Oakley & Aurora made sure I was icing. Dr Stephen Kollias swung for the fences (his words) to return me to pain free running after more fallout from a PT incident years ago. Now we wait to see if the microfracture surgery works as hoped. January is a wrap.

Recapping Personal Best Training 2024 is an impossible task but here is my attempt. The year began with running his 3rd OT Marathon with many teammates there to cheer him on. The season opener for most was the Polar Bear 5K and 10K. .laughner opened with a 10K PR that set the tone for a special year. A few weeks later she had a great Carmel Marathon along with and who won the Half. and hit the hills in Boston with a good PBT group. The Mini was a good spring wrap up. The summer started with the Monumental Mile & 5K with showing how it’s done. We had good representation at the 317 Series including multiple winner and enjoyed a strong team effort at the Indy Women’s Festival. led a small but competitive team at the Donut 5K. The next day produced great races and several PRs at Fair on the Square. represented at the World Marathon Majors Championship in Australia. not only won the Masters National Championship Half Marathon but was the overall winner of the Indianapolis Half Marathon. A few minutes later followed with the women’s win. .laughner was all smiles until the last few miles in Chicago on her way to the PBT women’s marathon record. .endurance.dreams had a good day in Detroit setting up half marathon #100 at Monumental. Monumental was a special day for many reasons. The smallest might have been y twin granddaughters joining and me in their PBT Coach Grandpa jackets in the elite area and at the finish line. We also had many PRs including who celebrated with another runner who PRd this year. I am thankful to all the runners, too many not included in this post, that made the 33rd year of PBT so enjoyable and memorable.

And now introducing Oakley Jordan & Aurora Kennedy! & are ready for the adventure that awaits. Holding the beautiful sweeties was an incredible joy for and ME.

With my 4 favorite girls! , , and the twins I’ll get to meet in a couple more months.

There have been many finish lines since the last post so this is just a quick recap. Boston was warm but still got it done with some early help by . The PBT women had a great day in Carmel. won the half and .laughner was 2nd and was 4th in the marathon. pushed her brother Tommy to break their own marathon WR. , , .reed.22, & .l.oneal ready to go 26.2 around Carmel. climbed 13,333 feet on her way to 11th in the Canyons Endurance Run 100K. (5k) & (10k) had sister wins at Butler.

The team is growing! My baby & have twin size news!

Coast to coast racing (& beyond) this weekend. PRing in GA, earning another BQ and Major Star in Tokyo, and heading indoors at home for a mile. All the results are in the newsletter.

An encouraging season opener at the Indy Polar Bear Winter Classic with smiles from the team’s early finishers. We had 45 racers with a win, a few tops 3s and some early season PRs. More pictures and full team results in this week’s newsletter.