"The coaches and team at Boulder Underground have changed the way that I view training in a way that has helped me grow tremendously both athletically and personally. I played Division I field hockey in college and switched gears to longer distance running post-graduation but my habit of "100% effort for every workout" carried with me.

My training for my first marathon consisted of long hard runs without purpose and very little speed work or strength, all while over-training, under-recovering and doing no physical therapy support along the way to keep my body functioning at its best. When I started working with Matt and the Boulder Underground team, I very quickly learned the importance of training cycles within a given week, month and block, and learned that the slow runs, recoveries and PT/ strength work were just as important as the long and grueling training runs.

With BUs coaches and teammates, I shaved almost ten minutes off of my marathon time and built a new mindset for training. Matt taught me the smarter way to train and it has improved my overall athletic performance, my ability to recover and build, my mindset of not taking any one workout too seriously and my resilience in trusting the process over a long period of time.

Most importantly, Boulder Underground is an incredible group of people that inspire me to push myself both in and out of my running shoes."

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