Melissa Bittick started running with a Couch to 5K program and a roughly 35-minute 5K.
Since then, she’s run 29 marathons, 75 half marathons, qualified for Boston 27 times, and lowered her marathon PR to 3:06:41.
In this episode, Melissa talks about how that progression happened, what she’s learned from years of high-volume training and racing, and why she still doesn’t take a BQ for granted.
We also talk about being told she might never run again, coming back from injury, racing frequently without treating every race like an A race, training through Houston summers, using the treadmill for long runs, and why slowing down on easy days may actually be one of the most important things runners can do to get faster.
It’s a conversation about consistency, longevity, resilience — and still loving the sport more than a decade after that first Couch to 5K.
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