This past weekend, I decided to jump in with team training and signed up for Badass Lady Gang during their annual discount promotion. So far, so good. I immediately got access to a platform with social feeds and tons of content. There's a lot of info on cross-training, nutrition, physiology, fueling, strength workouts, yoga workouts, training philosophies, the works. The social feeds are a bit quiet, but that could also be because most members were training for Chicago or NYC. And as discussed previously, I get most of that here anyway.
I immediately got an invitation to book an intro call, which I set up for Monday. I wasn't sure if this was just a generic call with a random coach or what, so I was pleasantly surprised to find myself meeting one-on-one with Kelly Roberts herself! (I've been following her since she went viral running the NYC Marathon like 10+ years ago, and she's trying to BQ at the WDW marathon this January.) We talked for about 45 minutes, she ran me through the platform, asked and answered a bunch of questions and set up my initial plan. We customized a few things like number of days I want to run, if I want speed work or hills, cross-training and strength. All the runs are by time rather than pace, which I love. She is totally open to me using a treadmill as often as I want and intervals if I want to keep doing them.
She assigned me a time trial and explained exactly how to approach it. I was to start out with a warmup, take a break, then start. I did one minute at conversational pace, then each quarter mile I made a push, until the last quarter mile was all out as fast as I could go. I'm happy to report that I was able to follow it spot-on, even running straight through.
My time trial mile was 9:03 minutes!!!!! Holy
, I had no idea I had that in me!
I was able to get on one of the small group calls the same afternoon to share my excitement and talk about training paces. The training includes Zoom calls multiple times a week, where Kelly leads a round robin of (looking back at recordings) usually 5 or fewer people. Everyone can ask questions, give reports, or get advice, and Kelly pulls up their specific schedule to make adjustments or point out details. Each call is set up by which training you're doing, but anyone can join any call. And at any point you can email Kelly or ask for a 1:1 call.
I realize I'm in the honeymoon period, and also that most folks aren't actively training (though she does have an rD MW training group), but it's honestly way more personalized than I anticipated at this point and I'm VERY happy with it.
focussed on getting you there.
