Mid-Race Resilience at Virginia Beach Marathon with Laura Pett

<p>Sierra connects with Laura Pett about her experience training for and racing the Virginia Beach Marathon 2026</p><p>Laura shares how she structures her training to PR almost every marathon she&#39;s ran, the self-talk that works for her, and the real-time resilience she used to shift her goals mid-race and still finish feeling proud plus a podium finish! </p><p>Laura is a 35 year old runner, mom/wife, and certified athletic trainer from Tennessee. She&#39;s been been running since middle school, ran collegiately at University of Tennessee at Martin, then moved up in distance during grad school and beyond. She&#39;s ran 10 marathons so far with a PR of 3:04, and countless races at other distances throughout her running career. Her job as an AT has helped her with her own injury prevention/recovery and being a competitive runner has helped her relate to her athletes and help them in their athletic endeavors. </p><p>Huge shoutout to Laura for sharing her experience and the mental skills that she trained so we can all shatter our next race!</p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH US:</strong></p><p>If you&#39;d like to share your own experience using mental skills during a recent marathon or ultra, please reach out to Sierra on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shatteredrunner/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> or at <a href="mailto:shatteredperformance@gmail.com">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ShatteredPerformance@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Learn more about Sierra at <a href="https://shatteredrunner.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shatteredrunner.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Connect with Sierra on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shatteredrunner/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ShatteredRunner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Connect with Laura on IG ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lpett.running/">@lpett.running</a></p>