The Hopkinton Independent • October 6, 2021 • MARATHON EDITION • 15
Resilience key to success of CrossFit marathoners By Chris Villani Contributing Writer
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But the materials for all the fun extra learning women said their training at the gym is activities that the library puts on and the applicable to running 26.2 miles. free museum passes.” “It’s the mental toughness,” PaWeeden is a veteran marathoner, quette said. “It’s having the perspective with nearly a dozen races under her of something being seemingly imposbelt. This will be her third time runsible, whether it’s a 10-minute workout ning Boston. She will be lacing up her or a 26-mile run. It’s being able to put sneakers for the Hopkinton Women’s yourself in the mindset of finishing and Club (gofundme.com/f/jamies-bostongetting through each moment.” marathon-run-for-the-womens-club), “Running is the same all the time, which has a mission to improve the so taking care of yourself is really imcommunity through volunteer and other portant,” Cox noted. “We need to be philanthropic work. on top of our stretching and recovery “They are an organization that does every day.” a lot for Hopkinton,” said Weeden, who Weeden compared the marathon trainis a co-owner of Resilience Fitness. ing to high-volume CrossFit workouts “Some of their members are members known as “chippers,” where the objective at the gym. I like being able to give is to “chip away” at the various exercises. back to members as well as give back “When I am out on the marathon to the community. They are under the route, that’s how I see my roads, I chip radar, but they do amazing work, and away,” she said. that speaks a lot to me.” Weeden ran Boston in 2013 and was As the most experienced marathonunable to finish due to the bombings er in the group, Weeden said the thrill of that year. She said crossing the finish running Boston as a Hopkinton resident line the following year was emotional, is “more than you can even imagine.” but being a resident in the town where She and her fellow gym members took the race begins adds an extra element part in a Yeti endurance event, a roundof excitement. the-clock race, in April. Running the “Being Hopkinton residents, it all world’s most famous marathon is a starts here,” she said. “I always try to much different experience, she said. pass by the start line on my training runs, “When we did the Yeti, we ran in who else gets to do that?” the middle of the night, no one was out
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