27. Shana Miller | Catching a unicorn & the 26.2-mile victory lap through Boston

This episode goes out with a huge congratulations to all who finished the Boston Marathon just over a week ago. And with that said, I’m thrilled to have Shana Miller, creator of Stiletto Running, back to chat with me about her Boston Marathon experience. Shana had run the Boston Marathon two times prior to this year’s, but this was the first time she ran it as a qualifier. And though a bought with COVID in January put a wrench in her training, she was going to make it to that start line come hell or high water.
Shana has been running to 2012, with the Philadelphia Marathon being her first marathon at the time. Since then she’s run several marathons and numerous half marathons, the half is her favorite distance in fact. She set her sights on a BQ shortly after undergoing a full hysterectomy. She decided that if she was going to get back to running, she was going to go all out and set big goals. In 2019 Shana ran a qualifying time for Boston at the Baystate Marathon, and her 26.2-mile victory lap through the Boston area took 2 years to come fruition.
Shana shares with me what it was like to take five weeks off of her training due to COVID and what big plans she has in her crosshairs now that the Boston Marathon is all done.
A for me personally, I’m so excited to get to meet Shana in person at the Brooklyn Half Marathon on May 21. We love this exciting running community.
Follow Shana on Instagram at @stilettorunning . Check out her shop of really unique running gear at www.stilettorunning.com
And bonus: for more on the nail wrap Shana mentioned, check out @sarahmariedesignstudio on Instagram or visit her website at www.sarahmarie.run