One of my bucket list goals was to complete my first marathon before starting residency. But the race that I was planning to run unfortunately got rescheduled due to the global pandemic, so I had to find another way to keep motivating myself to train. Although I had run various half-marathons, running a marathon was a different beast of its own. Thankfully I was able to find a virtual running group that helped me stay on track with my training, keep me motivated, and just provide a place where I can talk to those experiencing similar feelings during this historic time in our lives. Although I was hoping to complete the marathon prior to residency, I think it would be even more of an accomplishment to train and complete a race during my intern year. I can also utilize this race as momentum to complete a few more before the year is done. For the runners out there, comment down below how you have managed to stay motivated to train during this quarantine period?
