As he finished the Tunnel Marathon in Washington State, on June 13, 2021, I have been training Yolmer G. (45) for close to 2 ½ years. When I met him running, he was just a guy who loved running. Lots of natural talent but no plan. He just ran whatever he felt his body allowed him on any particular day. He had finished a handful of halves with not much problem. When we first talked about a marathon, not only wanted to run one, but he had already registered for Miami 2019 and was going for it, rain-or-shine.
Given the short time before the race, we focused on building distance. No time for speed. He was going in with whatever he had already built. In just 10 weeks he completed the race in 4:16:31. Not bad, especially with a short training period, but not even close to his potential as a runner.