Publix Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon Blog

I put my body through so much with marathon training that every now and then I try to give it a break; in other words, I cross-train! 

Since a lot of my friends are starting to run marathons - whether it is for the accomplishment of completing either 13.1, 26.2 or they are just starting out on their racing journey - I figured I would give out training tips and lessons learned from my own experiences when it comes to running in the hottest part of the year...SUMMER.

It seems like an oxymoron, using ho-hum in the same sentence as the word marathon.  Truly, it is a feat to run 26.2 continuous miles (especially coming off a wretched ankle sprain that kept me off my feet for 2 weeks of key training time)...but when you run enough of the same distance races, they start to, well, blur together.

by: Troy Williams

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"Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem." --HAL HIGDON

Over the past year I have had the privilege to give readers my perspective on running and how it has changed my life. When I played football I thought running was the enemy and viewed running as a punishment coaches made players endure if we showed a lack of focus or discipline. Now I embrace running in my life as an ally.

I've been working my butt off the past two years to run the Boston Marathon.  I qualified in 2011, but had to wait over a year to be able to run in it.  This past Monday (04/16/12) was the big day! 

Which is an ironic title considering the city came out and did a beautiful paving job on the worst part of my previously pothole-filled neighborhood road yesterday...it's phenomenal now, really.  Anyway...that was a side note to explain the purpose of this post, which is two-fold:

It’s amazing to recall the various memorable conversations that have started between strangers and me, from plane rides to grocery store lines to work meetings (yeah, I talk.  A lot.  To anyone.  And everyone.).  Most are about where I’m from or what I do, but the ones that spark the most fire are when I meet another runner.  And every time I leave that conversation I think to myself “runners are amazing people!”  Here’s a breakdown of why: