The For The Long Run March Newsletter

Author

Jon Levitt
March 25, 2025

And just like that, we’re 1/3 of the way through 2025. 🤯

If you set goals and intentions in the new year, time for a quick check in.

  • How are you doing?

  • What changes have you made?

  • What changes do you want to make?

  • What is stopping you?

Over here I’m in my growth era, and running-wise, feel like I’m in midseason form. I guess that’s what happens when you run an ultra in early February.

I took a few easy weeks post-50k and then have mostly jumped back into training. I’ve run some tough workouts, including a 6x2’ + 4x1’ hill session, and this past week’s 16x1’ on 1’ off at 5k effort into the wind for 15 of the 16 reps. I also said yes to adventure and joined my friend and fellow podcaster Kevin (of Distance to Empty Podcast, all about the 200-mile distance) for the second of his two 4+ hour runs a few weekends ago.

We hit a route I’ve been intending to do for a while now. For those in the Front Range, we ran from the Fowler/Doudy Draw area to a Walker Ranch loop. Walker is much more fun when you don’t have to finish on an uphill, and I ran the entire final mile (550 feet of gain) without stopping, for the first time ever, in something like 11 minutes which felt a bit like 5k effort.

I also got to drink mountain water on a run in March, several months earlier than in previous years :)

I don’t have another race until May (BolderBoulder 10k), and then Broken Arrow 26k in Tahoe in June, so I’m just having fun and doing a bit more cross-training too.

I’ve got some epic podcasts and stories coming up in the next couple of weeks on FTLR - I’m so excited to share some big news in one of them!! 👀 

Next month brings one of my favorite weekends of the year - the Boston Marathon. If you’ll be out there, reply back and let me know! Would love to meet up. I’ll be spectating from mile 24.2 as always!

— Jon Levitt, Host and Creator of For The Long Run 

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Listen to this 👇

The Marathon Project is back and bigger than ever.

Ben Rosario spent two years as a member of the Hansons Brooks Distance Project, was the special events director for the GO! Saint Louis Marathon, founded the Northern Arizona Elite professional team, and co-founded a specialty running store--Big River Running Company.

Now, Ben’s the CEO of The Marathon Project, an annual event in Chandler, Arizona that features an amateur and a professional marathon in one weekend.

Give this one a listen if you haven’t already 🎧

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Welcome to our community! We are so excited to have you here. To get you started, check out our playlist just for you: the top 12 For The Long Run episodes. And let us know what you think. 🤗

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About Jon Levitt and For The Long Run

Jonathan is a runner, cyclist, and podcast host from Boston, MA, who now lives in Boulder, CO. For The Long Run is aimed at exploring the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated.

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