First Time at Boston Marathon with Scott Mattingly
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
For many of us, the Boston Marathon is not just a Bucket List race, but a Bucket List goal altogether. While we're excited to see what the elite field can do in one of the most famous running events, thousands of non-elite runners will also be putting their bodies and their minds to the test next Monday.
Scott Mattingly, 60, is one such runner. Born and raised in Catonsville, Maryland, Scott will be competing in his first ever Boston Marathon in 2019.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I sign up to the last day, so just sat there online, |
| 0:10.0 | waiting for the time when they opened up, |
| 0:12.0 | so you get an acknowledgement they got here. their line, waiting until the time window opened up. |
| 0:12.6 | So you get an acknowledgement, |
| 0:14.0 | they got your name, and then you wait for them |
| 0:16.8 | to say, okay, you're accepted. |
| 0:18.9 | Once you get that acceptance email, |
| 0:21.4 | it's the time to party, right? |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast |
| 0:28.0 | from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning from the best |
| 0:32.0 | and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | On today's episode, we are talking with Scott Mattingly, |
| 0:57.0 | first-time participant in the Boston Marathon. |
| 1:00.0 | Scott will tell us how he qualified, his plans are for race day and what this |
| 1:05.1 | race means to him. A first time in Boston is for many of us a bucket list item. |
| 1:10.0 | Let's listen to Scott's story as he awaits his first time running the legendary Boston |
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