![]() Make sure you stretch and massage and ice where necessary. Make sure you fuel well before and after. If you’re going to drop into crazy big workouts make sure you stretch and warm up well. Pain is a signal but it’s neither good nor bad and you have to be able to figure out what’s real and what’s not. There were a couple days last week where I had trouble sleeping due to the exhaustion of my leg muscles. When I’m in the throws of one of these hard, big bounce cycles something always hurts. Your ability to figure out what’s a real injury and what’s another bothersome niggle will be needed to stay with it. Do your stretching and physical therapy before you hit it hard.Īny weak spot or chink in your armor will turn into a injury when you go to the dark place. ![]() If you have never done speed or tempo training then give yourself 3-4 weeks to ease into it with strength training. Don’t base your self-image on what I say. Hope you’re all fired up to go throw yourself at some tempo workouts. The Dark Place revisited at middle age - Outro: Above all, she wants to teach them that if they work hard they can achieve their goals. She says, “I find that while I like to be competitive with women from other clubs, I also want them to succeed in their own goals the New England running community is amazingly supportive.” Beyond running, Trotter aspires to be a good influence on her 3 children. She is inspired by Kara Haas, Trish Bourne, Liane Pancoast, Nancy Corsaro, Cathy Pearce,and Barbara McManusand credits them for contributing to her success. She considers her best event the marathon, and her competition would likely agree as she placed 1st in the masters division at the USATF-NE GPS Manchester City Marathon. Trotter turned 40 in 2012 and has been one of the best master runners in the region. In addition to Jenkins, she credits Jim Rhoadeswith a valuable assist as they did most of her long runs together. Trotter ran 3:00 at the Vermont City Marathon in 2008 and then 2:58 at Cal International later that year. About enlisting Jenkins as coach Trotter says, “I credit Nate for teaching me how to train for the marathon he instilled in me that it is about hard work and I should have confidence in my marathon goal times since they are based on results that I’ve achieved during workouts.” Her hard work paid off. Encouraged by her Baystate performance, she joined the Greater Lowell Road Runners and recruited Nate Jenkinsfor coaching duties. In 2007, with her children almost out of diapers, Trotter got serious. Three children under the age of 5 led to the purchase of a treadmill, and like many a dedicated runner/parent she snuck in her runs while the kids napped. Having missed the 26.2 distance, she started up again and ran a 3:22 at the 2005 Boston Marathon while unknowingly pregnant with her 3rd child, and a mere 9 months after giving birth to #3, she won the 2006 Baystate Marathon in 3:11. She gave birth to her first son in 2001, then a daughter in 2003. She married, started a family, and took a break from marathons but not running. Of course, this led to a return trip to the east coast in both ‘97 and ‘98 where she ran 3:33 and 3:30, respectively.įinally, in 1998, after all those trips from the City by the Bay to the City of the Beans, she settled for good (so far, at least) in the Merrimack Valley. In June of 1996, she ran 3:33 at the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska and qualified for Boston. Although she “lacked the mental toughness” (her words) to be competitive, she stuck with it up to and through graduation.Īfter moving to San Francisco in 1995, she joined the Leukemia Society’s Team in Training and starting ramping up for her first marathon on the trails of Mt. After a brief stint as a sedentary person, Trotter became antsy and joined not the field hockey team but the cross country one. She intended to play the latter sport in college (Babson) just like she did in high school (Notre Dame Academy), but those plans never came to fruition. Growing up in the Worcester suburb of Millbury, MA, Trotter played youth soccer, softball, and most notably field hockey. Jill Maguire Trotter has hopped for east coast to west and back east again, getting a little bit faster with each successive leap. Written and performed with love by Chris Russell - à > A Trotter in Name Only Support RunRunLive Purchase an audio book of running stories. The RunRunLive 3.0 Podcast Episode 3-293 – Boston Marathoner Jill Maguire Trotter
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