Road to Boston Training Log | Week 12

Taper week 2.

Apr 23, 2025

This week marked the final week of my 12-week marathon training block, which I’m referring to as the “Road to Boston.”

IT’S RACE WEEK. I want to thank you for following this journey through to the end. It still blows my mind that tens of thousands of people (some strangers, some friends) come here each week to read about how I exercised. But I sincerely hope something I shared has helped you train smarter or harder—whether for Boston or otherwise. That’s really the goal!

I’ll be posting a separate log next week with a breakdown of the marathon, all of the nerdy statistics, and some longer-form ramblings about the Boston Marathon itself. But I WILL give you the quick result. Let’s just say…we accomplished the mission.

Quick announcement:

THIS FRIDAY (April 25, 2025) at 2:45 PM Central/3:45 Eastern, I will be hosting my first LIVE Substack Q&A session where I’ll be answering question I’ve received about marathon training (or endurance training in general). If you have a question you’d like answered, put it in the comments or message/email me directly. I’d love to hear from you and hope to see you there. (You should be able to watch on a computer, but I’d recommend downloading the Substack App for the best experience).

I’m excited to announce that this training log is brought to you exclusively by STRYD running pods. STRYD helps you harness cutting-edge power metrics and real-time insights to optimize every run, anywhere you train.

One unique feature of STRYD is their race predictor, which uses your power data and other metrics to give you a realistic idea of what you might run for various distances. Here’s what STRYD estimated I’d run for Boston. Spoiler alert. They were CLOSE!