06/05/2025
let me know on May 2nd that before his 40th birthday, he wanted to complete a 40 mile run to raise money for .
Assuming his birthday was late summer or early fall, I told him “of course, how much time do we have?”
“My birthday is June 6th”
“How much have you been running?”
“I ran 3 miles two weeks ago and was a little sore after”
Our very accelerated training plan consisted of an initial assessment of strength and mobility so we could prioritize the areas to work on from an exercise standpoint followed by a training plan that focused on specific run/walk planning and a quick, but realistic, progression of long runs over a 3 week period.
Our main goals were getting as much time on feet while conserving energy early in runs, figuring out what fueling strategy worked best for Josh and mitigating injury risk as best as possible.
Needless to say, he absolutely crushed it - finishing the 40 mile run in a little over 8 hours with very little slow down. Most importantly raising thousands of dollars for as worthy of a cause as there is in our community.
did an incredible job printing second harvest’s logo on the awesome .running singlet we were provided and were instrumental on providing the essentials as well!
Still time to donate at www.josh40.com
