BOSTON MARATHON 2023: My Big Time Goal, Race Day Prep, Carb Loading, Full Boston Marathon Experience 

“I think he thought I was going to pass out or something.” Sis, you looked like you were steps away from doing exactly that lol. Congratulations!!!

How did I not see you?! Bib 9295 here and I too ran my first sub-3 in 2:58:32 🎉 that rain at the end was treacherous, way to power through! I’m also laughing at the first 2 miles, mine were 7:10 and 6:37, just shows how antsy we were in the packed field. Congrats, soak up the major accomplishment!!!

Great work! Hitting your time goal at Boston is an incredible achievement. You must have been overwhelmed with joy and fulfillment when crossing that finish line. Keep on crushing your goals!

YOU DID IT! How fun that you came in just under your goal. I can't imagine that kind of time, unbelievable! Great job!

Congratulations! Love seeing your hard work and dedication pay off! I ran my second Boston marathon this year. I qualified for the second time at Boston 2021 just 6 weeks pregnant 😂

Congratulations on sub 3!! Incredible running!! Those paces blow my mind. I had a similar - although slower 😂 - experience on Boylston. I had to sprint when I realised I could go under 3:40 but had already hit 26.2 miles as I turned onto Boylston. I just love Boston so much. Will definitely be back next year for my 3rd Boston ❤️🦄❤️

Great race! I was with you until around halfway. And you pulled away! I finished 3:03:38.

Amazing job! 2023 was my third time volunteering at the Boston Marathon and I can tell you that the weather took a TOLL on runners. It was awful! You should be so proud of yourself 🎉

NICE! Congratulations on getting your sub 3! We both achieved our goals on Marathon Monday! 2:59:15 for me! Congratulations to you on your Boston Marathon! Your video helped me to relive the weekend! Also neat to see a fellow lefty!

Always great to see runners achieve their goals, no matter how close they come. Congratulations!

Amazing time, well done. Especially in Boston which is a tough course. You must have a lead stomach because I can't eat after a marathon. The sight of food makes me feel sick.

Great racing!

YES GIRL!!!! 4 SECONDS UNDER 3 HOURS! YOU DID IT!!! I was so happy for you and cheering over here when he said your time! Congratulations!!!! This is amazing!

Amazing champ. Trouble is now you've set the bar you have to somehow better it next marathon. The only draw back to achieving our goals 😅

Amazing stuff!! Congrats to you, well deserved. I’m also a sub 3 dreamer looking to pull it off in nyc in November. May I ask what your average weekly mileage was before starting your plan? And also what was the peak mileage during your build? Thanks

Congratulations on reaching your Boston Marathon goal.! I don't know if I would of trusted the cotton ball in your racing shoes thinking it could of moved around and shifted causing more rubbing or discomfort but I know how exspensive racing shoes are these days as well.Sometimes the GPS and time on a watch can be slightly off.Always keep in mind the start time and your chip time are 2 different things. (Chip time is your true time that starts as your foot or chip crossed the start mat.Maybe it took a minute to cross the start mat w the crowds of runners.So the clock at the end isn't your true time.Amazing you can sprint it in after 26 miles most of us are just hanging in keeping a pace that we can handle since the legs are shot and tired,especially w the big hills in Boston earlier.Great work Caitlyn.Stay cute and optimistic. 🌄

Out of curiosity I checked out you spilts. Incredible pacing every 5K the first half coming though right on pace at 1:29:52. That is hard to do. Everyone goes out too fast. Great effort the last mile running 6:32 pace to break 3. Outstanding race.

congratulations, going sub 3 hours is a special barrier to break & at least for me it felt better than I imagined.

So stoked for you. You made this happen by having big dreams, and consistently getting after it!

Smokin' 💨💨💨 Sub 3 Kongratulations on the New Personal Best! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

What an amazing time in really poor weather!🎉

Great video, was on my suggested home page, started watching the first few minutes, got hooked and watch the whole 30 mins. Great motivation! Great attitude! Great energy! Thank you! and congratulations!

"The red bibs are for the really fast people. I'm not quite there yet." I hope that clip makes an appearance in the 2024 vlog!

You, your family, so adorbs. Great job! Well done!

Hi! I'm totally inspired to start running after watching your videos but i havent run in over a decade. Got to take that first step

Gurl! congrats!! amazing time. I finished with 26.5! I was like all off with my time too. amazing race.

Just came across your page and congrats! I have never been a runner but ran my first 10 miler in April. Boston Marathon is on my bucket list FOR SURE. Thank you for sharing such a special moment.

I saw that PSU merch! Did you go to Plym??

This brought tears to my eyes again. Every time I see that finish video. So extremely excited for you. You are amazing and worked your butt off for this. You rock!!!!

Sub 3, mission accomplished!

Where did you stay? I hope to qualify this year!

Kewl you made a Vid of this I was hoping you would!!! 😻

Wow, absolutely amazing and inspiring! Congratulations!!!!

Good job! Indeed you’re in a great shape, made it to the finish line almost 11 min faster than me on Apr 17)

Woohoo!!! We're so happy for you. It was such a long journey of preparation. We're glad it all came together. Enjoying your updates on Instagram here in Vancouver.

I saw you in Matt Choi Boston marathon video.

Awesome 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations 🎉❤️🏅🦄

im hoping to get sub 3 my second marathon next month

Congratulations! And this was a great video.

Wowow congratulations 🎉🔥🔥🔥🚀🚀🚀

Did you end up only taking water twice?

Congrats!!!!! SO EPIC. My first marathon is coming up so thanks for the inspo!!!! You run with your phone in your shorts pocket?? Doesnt clunk around??

Your mom is so sweet and supportive😂

You can be soooo proud ❤ so inspiring, also want to do a marathon now 😂 maybe next year (:

Nice video , thank you to share with us 🤙🏻

Great video Caitlyn! I just found your video while I searching to find Boston Marathon content. Having run Boston myself the experience never gets old and reliving the experience every year this month is just as special. Congrats on your first Boston, amazing job to break 3 hours, especially in the weather you had! You will have many more for sure! Seem you have a really nice channel so I have subscribed and looking forward to watch your other videos.

What a great show! This brings back so many painful, fun, long distance running memories.

I need your playlist☺🥰

You are incredible! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

You are so perfectly beautiful!!

Congratulations on getting it done on a not so easy day. 🎉

congraaaats, girl! you are amazing!! thanks for sharing! you inspire me here in Brazil s2

Such a rockstar! You go…

You are awesome! Congrats on sub 3! 🎉

ahhhh so proud of you friend and loved watching this video to really hear/see all the behind the scenes! you're amazing!!

Thanks for taking the time to record the videos and edit all of this. It was wonderful to see all of the details and preparation. You're very inspirational!

Congrats on getting your goal!

Damn, what a beast

I just came across your channel. Awesome job, I have a half in 3 weeks. My second half. I'm going to try for sub 2 but not sure I can cut 12 minutes. Either way, congrats and keep the vids coming. You are an inspiration and cute too!

Congratulations!

So incredibly inspiring, congratulations!🎉

Your awesome😎

Congratulations 🎉 I have my first marathon this Sunday Gold Coast marathon 2023.

Awesome!!! May I ask you, which model are your running shoes? congratulations!

Congratulations!

Cool splits for Boston! Congratulations. Did you realise with a 100mts to go that the sub 3 was on? I'd have been bricking it in the 'sprint'. And yes, you looked close to a wobble/faint after the finish line.

Are you vegan ?

So I noticed in your video you were eating honey before the race ? What kind do u use, odd question I know but I ask bc I am a manager at a honey plant and looks like our label ?

good job!

You did very very good. Awesome run this is not everyones weather. It being so cold and raining.

Have you ever thought about running the Comrades Marathon?

Wow

Congrats! I'll be there next year. What hotel was that? Need a mini kitchen like that.

This is Awesome!! Sub 3:00🤩 I watched your 2022 Boston marathon vid a couple weeks ago bc I was about to run my first marathon and it was great motivation. Watching this video was just as inspiring 🏃‍♀️

Congratulations! What's next? 🎉

Well done!! ❤ What a great video !!

Pls share your training plan for both running and strength training

Your lucky to have such supportive parents.

You should try Bataan death march in white sands

Congradulations you did outstanding. You made New Hampshire proud well represented. it was so much fun to follow you along on BAA app it felt like being on side lines. I hope you had sometime to rest and recover.

🔥 LFG 🔥

First of all: congratulations! now, quick question: did you get the qualifying time and apply to the lottery(?), or does it work once you have the time?

Hey I’m proud of you! I’m a new runner and enjoyed this video!

Great video! Loved all the tips. You did an amazing job running that marathon! So exciting congratulations 🎉 I want to find you video of your training. This was my first time watching you. Just found you 💪👏👍

OO please share your race playlist!

First time seeing your videos and it’s an automatic subscribe! Congrats on not only a Boston marathon, but a sub 3!! I’ve only recently decided I will one day run Boston, so I’ll be watching all your stuff. CONGRATS AGAIN🎉

Love your video ❤very motivational

Girlllll We need to hear this playlist

Congratulations! Literally!

Nice job racing and w the editing. 💪💯👏

come back to youtube!

We're proud of you. Such a great accomplishment.

Lets go caitlyn! Lets go!

Awesome sub 3!

Goals 🎉

Great race and time

This is incredible!!!!

Ok but one of the craziest things about this to me is that you did it uncaffeinated

You know you're not gonna retire from marathons! 😂

🎉🎉🎉 great run!