I agreed and the reward was that he would run with me and encourage me along the way. He gave me a reading list, daily training schedules, adjusted my diet and made me pledge to eliminate some of my bad habits.
But when I completed the Inaugural NY City 13.1 marathon in Flushing Meadows NY in 1:50:33 (good enough for a third place medal in the 60-65 age group) I knew that he might be on to something.
#RUNNING SUCCESS STORY FULL#
I quickly achieved success in short 5K races but thought that I could never have the discipline needed to complete 13.1 miles, nor could I even consider a full marathon. As he progressed, he seemed to get better and better and I got caught up in the running fever by attending his races as a spectator.Īpproximately 18 months ago, Adam convinced me to train so that I could run competitively and promised me that within a year I would run my first 1/2 marathon and eventually run a full marathon in less than 24 months. He approached the sport with the same passion and work ethic that he did when he was a boy and he became a self-educated running guru. When he took up running he was relatively old to begin the sport and, because of my lack of knowledge about distance running, I couldn't coach him. As a Dad/Coach in my eyes he had to be better since he wanted to prove that there was no nepotism. He is a natural athlete but excelled because he usually worked harder than his team mates. Salvatore Mulia, 62 years old, New York City Marathon 2010 (3:47:39).Īdam is my son and as a youth I usually coached him in team sports. I don't think I have ever been as happy with my running as now, I am really enjoying it and I can't wait to see what my full capacity is. If I done what I done without TRACK workouts what's my times going to be then. I will be starting track workouts in the next month, Adam has got me ready for it. After running Boston and getting a PR, I am going to start the TRACK! Adam has said to me: “If you want to even get faster, you have to get to the track".
#RUNNING SUCCESS STORY HOW TO#
Adam has teach me to LOVE running, to KNOW how to run and to BELIEVE that there are no limits. I took 6 minutes OFF my Half Marathon PR in 5 months, I ran 1:34:50 at the Udine Half Marathon in Italy, and my Half Marathon PR was 1:40 for 3 years in a row.Įvery time now I finished a race I say to myself: " It’s not enough, I want more". After Boston I kept training with him and I had a PR in every distance without going to the track and without injuries.
Without any kind of training for Boston, ONLY 1 month with Adam I ran 3:30 and felt so easy, did my second half at negative splits. I started training with Adam 1 month before The Boston Marathon in 2010. Today, I can proudly consider myself an athlete. I am very lucky to have benefitted from Adam’s training. I had a great day and finished within my goal timeframe. Again, Adam covered every aspect imaginable prior to the marathon. Although at times I doubted it, he was absolutely right. Adam said the training was the marathon, the race is the prize. Getting to the starting line, uninjured was the goal. He always encouraged me to keep moving forward, to get to the starting line, even when I was feeling down. Adam’s weekly plans moved me from hour long runs to three hour longs run, speed work, and recovery. So, I came this far, if I was ever going to think of running a marathon, now was the time. He was even waiting at the finish line to congratulate me!
Adam covered everything, from race strategy, pace, nutrition and more. There were ups and downs along the way but when I got to the starting line, I was very well trained to run the race. I was fortunate to know Adam through his parents, my running partners, and we started training in December 2009.Īdam put together a personalized plan for each week leading up to the half marathon in March 2010. I trained and ran a 5 mile race and then took the winter off. I put on my first pair of running shoes at forty. I had an on and off again relationship with the Stairmaster, cross trainer and aerobics classes. I am so thrilled to be sharing with everyone how Adam Mulia trained me over the past year to run a half marathon and a marathon.
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