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Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET · 45 minutes
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Run the Original
A clinician’s first map for the race you have been putting off.
For people who have dreamed of a destination marathon — Athens or any course that still gives you chills — and have not built the year yet.
The signup form is right above.
The race sits in a tab
You have watched the course video. You have told two people. You have not picked a year.
That is not laziness. A destination marathon looks like a fitness project. It is a calendar project. The hills, the travel, the body you actually have, and the work that does not pause while you collect long-run Sundays.
Most people stall in the same place: they keep adding races to a list instead of putting one date on a wall and building the smallest year that can carry them there.
This hour is the first map. Not a training plan you will abandon in week six. A way to decide whether this is your cycle — and what to do in the next twelve weeks if it is.
What I’ll cover
- Pick the race for the course, not the feed Athens is hilly, historic, and slower than the time you ran in your head. How to choose a major race you can actually respect on the day.
- The minimum viable year Strength first, miles second. Hills, bodyweight, sleep, and care — the winter work that makes October possible.
- A body that is not 28 Weight, joints, and a practice that still has to open on Monday. What to keep. What to drop. What not to hero.
- How to know you are ready to enter A decision date, not a vibe. When to register, and when to wait a cycle without calling it failure.
- The last month, from inside one I am in the final block toward Athens. You will hear what the year actually cost — not the highlight reel.
- Three things to do this week If you do nothing else after the session, leave with a written next block. Not a new identity. A calendar.
Why me
I’m Dr. Cary Yurkiw. Thirty years in practice. Health coach. Still lining up.
I am training through this year for the Athens Classic Marathon — the original course, Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium. I have been filming the work: the hills, the weight, the days the practice comes first.
I will not sell you a finish time. I will show you how a clinician builds toward a race like that without becoming a full-time athlete, and how to tell if this is your year.
What this is, and isn’t
- It’s free, and it’s live. One session. Most of it from me, the rest for your questions.
- It’s a first map, not a 16-week plan. You leave knowing what to start, not a spreadsheet you will ignore.
- It’s education, not medical advice. It does not replace care from your own provider. If you have a current injury, that conversation stays with them.
- There’s no pitch built into the hour. At the end I’ll mention the booklet and how to work with me, once, and then I’ll stop.
Want to go deeper? After you register, you may be offered an optional VIP upgrade — stay on after the session for a smaller-group live Q&A about your race and your schedule. Totally optional; the session itself is free.
Common questions
I have never run a marathon +
Good. This hour is for the person who has the race in a tab, not the person already in week 14. If you have a base and a body that can train, you belong in the room.
Does it have to be Athens? +
No. Athens is the example because I am training for it and because it is the original course. The map works for any destination race you have been postponing.
I work full time. Is this realistic? +
That is the point. The year has to survive a practice, a family, and weeks that are not photogenic. If it only works on a sabbatical, it is not a plan.
What if I can’t make it live? +
Register anyway. You’ll get the recording.
Is this only for patients of the clinic? +
No. It’s True North Coaching. Online, open, anywhere. If you are local to Kelowna and want care, that is a separate door — not a requirement to sit in this session.
Stop collecting courses.
Build the year that gets you to one.
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET
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