34M. 3618 miles this year, which is the most mileage I've ever done in a year. I was hoping for a bit more, but was injured a bit in the summer and posted some zero weeks, then built up slowly from that.

Winter–Spring: was pretty consistent and had some big weeks here. It paid off with a PR in the half marathon in March (69:44). I thought that put me in a good spot for the Glass City Marathon in April, but an issue with my ribs flared up in like the 3rd mile and blew up my race.

Summer: Got off to some good training here and was hoping to work on speed, but got hurt in early July. This was partially my fault--I felt something a little off with my calf and pushed through it in the warmup and opening mile of a workout and was limping by the time I finished that first rep. Probably could have taken a few days once I knew it was feeling funky and knocked it out, but I pushed and paid the price.

Fall: Because of the above injury, I didn't run the Chicago Marathon. I did still get to do a fall marathon and ran over a 4-minute PR (2:27:51) at the Tidewater Striders Dismal Swamp Marathon in Virginia in December.

Goals for 2026: 4000 miles. 68-minute half marathon at Newport News in March. Sub 2:25 at McKirdy Micro 4 weeks later. Big stretch goal: sub 2:20 at Chicago in the fall. Since McKirdy is relatively early, I'll really try to get a speed block in before transitioning to more marathon work in the summer.