I cannot thank the coaches at Forward enough. You have given me my running life back. For the past 21 years, I thought my running days were behind me. My body could not recover from the mileage anymore. Oh how wrong I was. Since training for the past two years at Forward, I have learned that my body was just fine, it just needed to get stronger. All of the kettlebell work of swings, turkish get-ups and other moves have built the necessary strength so I can run strong and run stable. This year I competed in a 25 kilometer trail run, the longest race I've ever run. My pacing, while not fast by comparison to my 20s and 30s, was consistent, even over climbs of up to 9.5% incline and decline. Strength truly is a skill. Thank you for teaching me some of that skill so that I can continue to participate in the sports that give me joy and be a full participant in the rest of my life. Since coming to Forward, I have not been significantly injured. This is a dramatic change from the days of training to failure in power lifting gyms and in Cross Fit where I just accepted the fact that I would always be nursing some kind of injury. At age 53, I am stronger, more stable, and have more lean mass than at any point in my life. That is amazing considering that I have been doing some form of athletic training since age 12! Thank you for creating the space and staffing it with such knowledgeable, kind and capable people. I am lucky to have found you.