Two years ago if you were to have asked me if I would ever run a marathon I would have told you that you were insane, I would NEVER do that because it seemed to overwhelming and the training daunting. I've now run two. If you were to have asked me a year ago if I ever would do an Ironman my answer would have been the same. I DON'T swim and I have never formally ridden a road bike, how can I do a full ironman? Here I am three weeks away from completing my first ironman and I can't thank Marlies and Baz enough. They have guided me, encouraged me, helped me to become a better runner, rider and athlete all around. They have helped with my form, my nutrition, stretching (something I never did until now), strength. I walk away from each meeting filled up by their guidance and support. Sometimes training stinks, sometimes I am tired, something I don't want to do this or don't think I can...but I remind myself that accomplishing great things takes time and effort and yes... suffering. But as the great David Goggins says.... on the other end of suffering is greatness. I am a better person than I was two years ago, I am a better version of myself and I am going to keep growing and findings new challenges and chances to push myself. I know a huge part of why I am successful is the support and guidance of the 9Mile program. I go into every race knowing I have the tools I need to be successful, the rest is just a game between the ears. Thank you both so much for your support, I couldn't do it without you both!

I can’t thank everyone here enough for all the encouragement. @Marlies Kort and @Baz Zwaan you have helped me to do something that I never thought I could do. I’m so worn out and had to walk towards the end a bit but I made sure to run over the finish line and I wasn’t the last person either!!!!! My nutrition plan was good. I didn’t get a migraine which I tend to do on long runs. My heart rate stayed in MHR until the last 10k but I consider that a huge win!!! I just feel so accomplished. Today has been my best day and I couldn’t be happier. Good luck to everyone else who has a race coming up soon. You’re going to be great!!!!

Just conquered my 3rd 70.3 Half Ironman yesterday and PR'd overall! My fastest time of all even my flat course finish was 35 minutes slower! Coming off the Bike Course on this particular Ironman 70.3 leaves the legs in a questionable state for the mountain we climbed and the many other hills! lol! However, as I trained for this I applied the 9-Mile Method as I generally do and even though this was the half ironman distance for the run, I did the full plan and accomplished my fastest half marathon finish at a 70.3 triathlon! I did this even after the crazy bike leg. It is so important to run based on the HR as many plans focus on pace. Thankfully, Marlies developed this plan which has allowed me success in my goals!

Stuart Boyd one of our 9Mile Marathon Mastery students finished a 59k - 2400m elevation ultra. There is SO much 9Mile specific and super-valuable information hidden in his review! Again many congrats Stuart with this 9Miler textbook result and thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!!

Hello 9-Milers! Hope everyone's training is going well! Currently training for my 70.3 in June, but have a few races before then. This weekend is my 10 Miler trail race in Virginia and three weeks later I will be doing a Sprint Triathlon to kick off my Tri - goals for 2023! I can't say enough about the 9-Miler training! Have been running with others in various groups and seeing other types of run programs and frankly I just keep gravitating back to the 9-Miler program! I trained for my first marathon with this program and all those after it plus some ultras and can say I have never trained the traditional way. No regrets!