Come Run With Me | BQ or Bust Treadmill Run #6 (35-Minute Training Chat)
Run, Selfie, Repeat
Kelly Roberts
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the very first OFFICIAL week of Chicago Marathon training! Whether you're on a treadmill or just hanging out on a run, lace up and join me for a 35-minute run for week 1 run 1 of my 16-week Marathon Build For The Chicago Marathon!
BQ or Bust started in 2016 as a moonshot goal for me to take my marathon time from 3 hours 59 minutes to 3 hours 35 minutes which, at the time, was my Boston Marathon Qualifying Time (BQ). I vlogged the entire experience and had to rumble with perfectionism, a fear of failure, and pre-defined limits. I was given the opportunity to explore beliefs that were holding me back and given space to grow and change.
After a few attempts of falling short, 9 years later I'm trying again. Originally, I thought I aged up. I was back to 3 hours 35 minutes. Then, the qualifying times changed AGAIN and I'm back to 3:30. But like I learned, the only way you can fail is if you fail to try! DARE TO FAIL. WHY NOT!?!? In this episode, we dive into: -I'm injured! Week 1 and I have a little overuse injury.
-Defining our why
-What I focus on at the start of a marathon build
-The heat
-What I want out of this marathon build.
This go-around is different. Yes, a 3 hour 30 minute marathon is still my North Star, but honestly? The bigger goal is to see what I’m truly capable of. WHY NOT?
Now that I’m a running coach with years of experience under my belt, I’m approaching this from a totally new place. This series is my chance to push back on so much of the terrible advice I see online. Running is complicated—and if you’re an everyday runner, you cannot just mimic what people running 50+ mile weeks are doing. Here, we’re focusing on:
✅ How to make training work for your life
✅ How to avoid burnout
✅ How to have more fun chasing your dreams
Throughout the BQ or Bust series, you’ll get:
✔️ Weekly "Run With Me" treadmill episodes
✔️ Weekly roundup vlog and podcast episode to keep you in the loop
✔️ Social media hits WHY NOT? Let’s find out what’s possible—together.
👉 BQ or Bust is sponsored by Fuel Goods—a women-run marketplace making sports nutrition simpler and smarter—to bring you $10 in Fuel Cash, 10% back on every order, expert resources, and a whole lot less guesswork. https://fuelgoods.com/pages/partners/balg?ref=balg
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👉My videographer & co-producer Scott Herder https://www.instagram.com/itsscottherder/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Run Selfie Repeat podcast where we talk about life with the side of running. |
| 0:07.4 | My name is Kelly Roberts. And I am the founder of the badass lady gang, a by and four women's running community. |
| 0:13.6 | We have in-person chapters. We've got running plans, training experiences, team, team coaching, group coaching, and one-on-one coaching a lot. |
| 0:22.1 | We pretty much have everything available to help you kick ass and take names anywhere and |
| 0:26.5 | everywhere because we understand everyday runners and the pressures that you feel as an |
| 0:31.1 | everyday person who is just trying to get out the door or to the starting line. |
| 0:36.9 | And everything's throwing curveballs at you. |
| 0:39.1 | It's like playing the most insane game of dodgeball. So we get it. So come train with us. But that's |
| 0:44.6 | not what I'm here to talk about. Are you ready to run? This is another run with me. But before we get |
| 0:48.9 | into it, I always want to say a quick little shout out to feel goods. And as I'm recording this, it is summer. It is hot here |
| 0:56.8 | in New York City. You're going to hear me bitch about it a little bit. Just a tiny bit. If you |
| 1:00.8 | know me, you know I hate complaining. So don't worry. That's me being sarcastic. I'm going to |
| 1:06.7 | complain a little bit about it being really hot because it's hot here in New York City. We're dying. It's really hot and brutal. And if it's if it's like this anywhere, |
| 1:15.6 | anywhere where you are, summer's here and hydration is super, super important. So let's just |
| 1:21.2 | like very quickly go over some hydration tips to help you feel better on the run, but also to |
| 1:27.1 | stay safe. This is your reminder that |
| 1:29.7 | fueling and hydrating are not just things that you do during your run. They are things that |
| 1:35.3 | happen from the moment you wake up in the morning until the moment your head hits that pillow |
| 1:40.0 | and you go to bed. And if you need help with your fueling resources or your hydration resources, |
| 1:46.2 | head to fuel goods. They are the official sponsor of BQ robust. They are the first sponsor of |
| 1:51.7 | BQ robust. And they are an incredible marketplace where you can find single servings of scratch, |
| 1:57.9 | tailwind, some of my favorite hydration sources to fueling sources like bonk breakers |
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