Race Week | Boston Marathon Build: Episode 7

We made it to race week! This week started with our final workout where we practiced race pace and bottle testing. Once in Boston, our schedule was packed with the press conference, meet and greet, expo panel discussion, technical meeting, shake out runs, meeting with coach, carbo-loading, bottle prep, etc. And finally, Race Day! More thoughts on my race coming soon in episode 8.

I'm excited to race my first Boston Marathon on April 21st, 2025. After a breakthrough year in 2024 where I made my first Olympic team and placed top 10 in the world, I have big goals for 2025. Follow along as I share my journey in an eight-part docuseries highlighting my build to the Boston Marathon.

Thank you to Cadence for sponsoring this docuseries. Hydration and fueling are a big part of my prep for racing Boston. I focused on staying well hydrated the days leading into the race using the Cadence Hydration Stack. I also ate SO many Cadence Fuel 40 bars to dial in my carbo-loading before the big race. Check out more about Cadence here: https://dub.sh/cadence and use the code CLAYTON for 10% off.

Thank you to Stryd for powering the data for this episode. Before race day I got an update from Stryd and we were able to analyze how my form had improved throughout the build after dealing with injuries, and how my body was responding to the lower mileage during taper week. Check out more about Stryd here: https://dub.sh/1woumEm

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Strava:
3 x 1600 -   / strava  
5 Mile Run -   / strava  
Boston Marathon -   / strava  

ASICS Shoes:
Workout/Race Shoe (Metaspeed Sky Paris) - https://dub.sh/mmVpU5z
Daily Training Shoe (Novablast 4) - https://dub.sh/fc8DfBr
Easy Mileage Training Shoe (Nimbus 26) - https://dub.sh/wcPtqdO
Long Run Shoe (Superblast 2) - https://dub.sh/fzNVIu6

0:00 Intro
0:26 3 x 1600 with Marathon Bottle Practice
3:16 Conner Mantz’s Pre Race Thoughts
3:34 Clayton Young’s Pre Race Thoughts
4:28 Press Conference
5:45 5 Mile Run
7:35 Meeting the ASICS CEO - Yasuhito Hirota
7:55 Finish Line Meet and Greet
8:15 Expo Olympic Panel
9:38 3 Mile Run
11:13 Technical Meeting
11:22 Bottle Prep
12:50 Pre Race Meeting With Coach Ed Eyestone
14:48 ASICS Kit Prep
15:12 Race Morning Breakfast
16:06 Hotel Sendoff
16:37 Bus Ride to Start Line
17:16 Start Line
19:00 Race
22:44 Post Race
23:48 Post Race Interview

Directed by Andrew Storer

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