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Linda Leigh LoRe

@lindaleighlore

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⭐️Strength/Running/Nutrition⭐️
👟RRCA Run Coach - M: 3:07 // HM: 1:26
💪🏼NASM CPT
🥗PN L1 & L2 Nutrition Coach
🦮Dog mom to @goldenbaileyinbk
📍Brooklyn, NY

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NYCM ‘25 -3:07:01; 7:08 pace. 2:20 PR. The C goal of the day and we are happy with it. I gave myself a shot. I bet on myself. I mostly raced smart - but it’s the marathon - there are so many unknowns and it got dark and hard but we got through it. I am proud of the race but I am more proud of the last 12 weeks.

What an absolute blast of a training cycle. I had so much fun with every single run and every single workout. I was excited for the new challenge that came each week. Big boy long run workouts that I’d never done before - always on hilly courses with some of the fastest times I’ve seen in years. Shout out to my coach @runcoachu for pushing me further each week. I have said it a million times. I. Love. The. Process.

Big goals still to conquer. Excited to keep going. Never done. by @lindaleighlore

6th star at the London Marathon (& alittle PR)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟
3:09:21; 7:13/ pace; ~90 second PR
A lesson in trusting yourself.

To PR was not the plan. An easy fun run and collecting my 6th star before turning 40 in July was the plan (86 days to spare!). But turns out the easy fun run was going to also be a PR. I had SO much left in the tank and actually phoned it in the last 5k. I wasn’t tapered, I didn’t do an all-out carb load, I had 20k+ steps the Saturday before the race, it was 70 degrees and sunny at the start. But I had no pressure. No goal. I ran completely on effort. I trusted myself that I was keeping it easy ish - In fact I got a little stressed I was going too fast at times even though I felt fantastic.

The first 5 miles of this race are basically down hill. It was very hard to slow it down so I allowed myself to go with the flow. I smiled. I cried. I didn’t really pay attention to my watch (except a few times when I saw my pace slip into the sub 7s and pulled it back). I took videos and pictures. I truly ran this at a relaxed pace (okay we will call it sub-moderate) I never really hurt. I never had to force anything to keep the pace. I had a cute little negative split (see second slide). I told myself if it starts to get hard I have permission to pull back. Truly it just never got to that place. All I could think is omg @runcoachu is going to be so mad at me 😅😂. This was the most fun I’ve ever had running a marathon. London you’re so very epic.

But the bigger pr here is that mentally I stayed in it. All of last year I was blocked. I was trying to force the success of 2023 and kept falling way short. I couldn’t get out of my head. I would see a pace in my watch and freak out; convinced I couldn’t hold it. I had some health things going on that I finally figured out which helps too(more on that in a separate post).

But. We are so back. Fired up and hungry for more.

I’m so excited for what’s to come. Focusing on some shorter races this summer (5k & Masters Category of the Brooklyn Mile!…:and a little FAFO at the bk half in 3 weeks) and then will build for NYC.

Thanks to 📸: @quentinmui.photos for the shot 🫶🏼🫶🏼 by @lindaleighlore

If you had told 15-year-old Linda that she would one day be a strength, running, and nutrition coach....she probably would have cried (out of fear not excitement).

It took a long, winding road to get here - full of self-doubt, imposter syndrome, thoughts of not being strong enough, fast enough, young enough, smart enough. Finally, I realized I was the only one standing in my way.

My fitness journey started later in my life. I grew up an awkward, very unathletic, overweight kid (peep the last photo of me at 15! Feeling vulnerable sharing this). I started working out to lose weight and be “skinny,” spending hours doing only cardio. In 2015, I started incorporating light weights into my gym routine via BBG pdfs (iykyk), followed by years of attending every strength class Equinox offered. For the first time, I was excited about getting stronger, but everything I was doing was random, so results were minimal. In 2020, @lauren_kanski entered the chat, and through her initial total wellness training program (also iykyk), now called Body and Bell, I found a focused strength program. I started to understand the importance of progressive overload. I learned SO much from her. I continued to educate myself through nutrition certifications, run coach certifications, @sciaccia @bell_mechanics kettlebell certification (where I also learned SO SO much). I was still scared of the CPT exam. In May of this year, a few months after I was laid off from my 9-5, I finally fully committed to myself and my next certification. The one I had wanted for years (three started attempts over 6+ years!) but was terrified to fail.

At 38 years old, I did something new. I am starting something new. Not only am I not too old... I am the strongest, fastest, and most confident I have ever been. I still have a ton to learn (and strength and speed to attain), but I’m moving forward and not holding myself back. by @lindaleighlore

NYCM 2026! Bailey’s first marathon and my first time not running NYCM in 5 years. Honestly unsure which side is better running or cheering! What a day.

#newyorkcitymarathon #tcsnycmarathon #runcoach #goldenretrieversofinstagram #goldenretriever by @lindaleighlore

Not running NYCM this year but always running the last 10ish with @brooklyntrackclub

#newyorkCitymarathon #runcoach #thelast10 #tcsnycmarathon by @lindaleighlore

Happy race week NYCM babes!

#newyorkcitymarathon #tcsnycmarathon #runcoach #marathon by @lindaleighlore

There is so much talk about carb loading before big efforts and how many carbs to take during runs and races, but we don’t talk enough about how many carbs you need AFTER your runs. The science is clear - we need to start replenishing our glycogen stores right away after endurance feats to promote recovery quicker. It makes sense. Carbs are our body’s preferred source of energy and it takes energy to recover…. So give your body some love for all you put it through. Get some carbs in within the hour after.
My go-to post run meal:
🌾Oats (amount adjusted depending on effort. Longer/harder means more. Base line is a serving at 48g)
🥛0% Greek Yogurt (200g to get ample protein)
🫐Blueberries (the more the merrier)
🍙Rice crisp

#runcoach #marathontraining #runfuel #runningnutrition #carbs by @lindaleighlore

This one made me have pre-race fomo. Can’t wait to cheer for you all! See you on the first Sunday of November 🥹
📸: 2: @sestafford; 3: @dhash; 4&7: @bpcanese

#nycmarathon #tcsnycmarathon #newyorkcitymarathon #runcoach by @lindaleighlore

“If it wasn’t for the Bronx this run sh!t probably never would be going on so tell me where you’re from….”
That’s the lyrics right?

#nycmarathon #tcsnycmarathon #newyorkcitymarathon #runcoach by @lindaleighlore

Sh!ts getting real! Bridges and boroughs getting checked off ✅. Queens 👸🏻 is up!

#tcsnycmarathon #nycmarathon #newyorkcitymarathon #runcoach by @lindaleighlore

Where Brooklyn at? (High key the best borough of the entire race).

📸: slide 1 @nbello8; slide 3 @sestafford

#nycmarathon #tcsnycmarathon #runcoach #newyorkcitymarathon by @lindaleighlore

The cannons have fired and Frank Sinatra fills the air - it’s time to party!

#nycmarathon #tcsnycmarathon #runcoach #newyorkcitymarathon by @lindaleighlore