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☆ love joy peace
☆ come run with us @sundayscaries.runclub !!

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Kansas City Half Marathon - 1:29:15 ⛲️🏙️

First run back from Chicago Marathon, just wanted to run fast and go out there and have fun! The energy this weekend was unmatched 🕺

📸: @teamgriffindor @mac_jameson @laura_aykroyd @got_payne @kcmarathon

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KC Half Marathon

Love This City. Love This Community.

What a pleasure running with @amyruizvu on her taper as she prepares for the @marinecorpsmarathon Such a fun time running through KC and seeing so many familiar faces! The energy was incredible.

Huge shoutout to @mac_jameson and @laura_aykroyd for the fantastic photos! Also @got_payne and @lakynb10 for the videos!

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No words can describe how I felt running my first half marathon this past weekend.

My sincerest gratitude to @sundayscaries.runclub, @runitblakc and @816runclub !!!

Can’t wait for the next challenge.

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340+ ATTENDEES 🕺 8 RUN CLUBS 🏃‍♂️ 1 COMMUNITY ❤️

The KC Marathon Afterparty was the perfect way to celebrate a great day and month of racing 🤩🏁

Cant wait for the next after party! 🥳

Huge thanks to @visitjriegerco for hosting us! 🍻💃

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🥇 NEW HALF MARATHON PR

Garmin KC Half Marathon
⏱️: CHIP TIME 1:31:51

Sub 1:30 my white whale, I will catch you.

📸: @codytveit

@kcmarathon
@816runclub

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An amazing weekend with friends to add marathon #2 in the books!! The weather was cold and the course was HILLY, but the support of so many fans and friends along the course was unmatched! I was super happy to get a new PR and hold onto the pace even when I was hitting the mental wall at mile 20. So grateful for the @816runclub community, truly couldn’t make it through the training OR the race without the support and so many great people running alongside me. Big plans on the horizon this winter, if you know you know 🌺🌴

Photo creds @laura_aykroyd @mac_jameson

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and for my next trick, i’m going to love the heck out of my life🫵🏼 including, but not limited to: running all over KC, friends/community, eating carbs + sweet treats, SUNRISES BABY! Miles, miles and oh yeah more miles. And everything in between. so here’s to the people that make this sport so great (plus MANY more)…. next race?

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❤️🩵Chicago, you were amazing 🩵❤️

Taking a last-minute bib and giving myself just 12 weeks to chase a goal was a little crazy, but I’m so glad I took the chance. Getting to run for Ronald McDonald House and help keep families close when their child is in the hospital made it all the more special.

Marathons aren’t always about the time on the clock. Sometimes, it’s about the people, the perspective, and the reminder that we’re all out there chasing something. On to the next!🏃🏼‍♀️✨

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No run club tomorrow - Oct 17th!

We are either racing or cheering at the KC Marathon!

If you are not racing - come help at the 816 cheer/water stop at mile 5 (SW Blvd and Broadway) —-> you will be done in plenty of time to make it to the finish!

See you back at Rochester on Oct 24th at 7:30am!

Let’s go!

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One race, countless voices, endless love.🩷 My body might have been hurting, but my heart sure wasn’t.🥹

S/o @fitbymakayla for the inspo in putting this together.🫶🏻

#ChicagoMarathon #running

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Chicago Marathon 2026 - 3:30:56 (9 minute PR!)

Super happy with this effort. Had some sickness roll over into race day but was able to rally after about mile 6 and gut it out #PukeAndRally Tough race but PR’d nonetheless!

Massive shoutout to Team 816 and everyone who came out to support this weekend. Seeing so familiar faces along the course really helped me push through some tough miles. Y’all are truly the MVP’s, and I can’t thank you all enough!

Special thanks as always to @coachrandy816 Without his continued guidance and support, this journey truly wouldn’t happen.

See you next year @chimarathon , next stop @nycmarathon in 2 weeks!

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Chicago Marathon - 3:29:33 🏙️🏃‍♂️🫘

I’d be lying if I didn’t say this one stings. Took a risk and went out swinging with a goal of going under 3 hours, and it blew up right in front of me.

My first mile was a 6:52, right on pace, and I immediately knew this wasn’t going to be my day. This pace felt great during training, but I was already catching my breath after the first mile. I thought I just needed to warm up and dial it back a bit, so I held on and crossed the half marathon mark at 1:32:14, on pace for a 3:05. After that, the wheels started to fall off and I was fighting to finish, run-walking the last 6.2 miles.

Was it the heat? Did I taper too much? Was I just simply not ready for a sub 3? I’ll never really know. Training went great, my half marathon times had sub 3 written on it, my race predictors said 2:56. But what these metrics don’t factor in is how much you’re willing to fight when your legs are dead and you have a 10k left, and that day I didn’t have that in me.

This was a very clear reminder to me that things can still fall apart even when everything aligns perfectly. But one morning doesn’t define how much faster I’ve gotten these past 4 months. This sport is a lifelong investment, and I know if I keep putting in the work, I’ll inevitably reap what I sow.

Despite the race not going to plan, there are simply WAYYY too many positives that outweigh everything else. A huge one being that I’m apart of a community that will roll 70+ deep to a race 500 miles away to race and support each other. This weekend showed just how united and amazing the KC running community is, and I’m motivated more than ever to pour as much as I can into it, so blessed to be apart of it! I also raised $2,201 for Ronald McDonald House to help families and children in need. So grateful for everyone who contributed to my fundraiser, it truly means the world to me! And if you’d told me a year ago that I’d be sobbing at the finish line and still go under 3:30, I’d have been pretty stoked. Put into perspective, the weekend was pretty dang awesome.

Leaving the Windy City with unfinished business and motivated more than ever. Until next time, Chicago 🤝

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