Complete Fitness’ owner qualified for next year’s Boston Marathon after her participation in the Go! St. Louis Marathon in April.
With a time of three hours and 54 minutes, Erica Hunt, 47, of Edwardsville, finished before the official cut-off time established by the Boston Athletic Association. The qualifying Go! race took place April 10 in St. Louis.
Hunt is the owner of Complete Fitness, a fitness facility designed specifically for women, located in Edwardsville. In addition to circuit training, she leads groups of runners for the Complete Fitness Cross the Line beginners’ running group. This group is important to Hunt, because before the age of 40, Hunt had never run. Cross the Line proves that no matter your age or ability, everyone can find success in their own personal goals.
Running a marathon was not even a consideration when Hunt started her running journey. Her first race was a 5k, the Ramble into Spring, where she had to stop to walk three times throughout. From there, she set her goal to being able to run the entire 3.1 miles. It took two more races before she could make that goal a reality.
Hunt found success by making one small improvement for every race. Each of those small goals brought her one step closer to being able to run the Boston Marathon, a 26.2 mile course, in 2017.
“This seems so surreal. After I ran my first marathon two and a half years ago, I looked up the qualifying time for Boston, wrote it down on a neon orange scrap of paper, and posted it at work where I can see it every day,” Hunt said. “I had considered it one of those goals that was out there, somewhere down the road. I’ve been so fortunate to have such a terrific group of running friends, who have motivated me in my training, and I’m looking forward to sharing this adventure with them.”
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