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Tayshia Adamsis ready to take her mark on theNew York City Marathonstarting line this weekend.
On Sunday, the 31-year-old host ofThe Bachelorettewill lace up her sneakers to run 26.2 miles for the first time. Though the meet will mark her first marathon, Adams has a built-in training partner and guide: her fiancé, Zac Clark, who will be running the race for a seventh time.
“When we’re in town with each other, we definitely are out there at Central Park,” she tells PEOPLE of their training. “When I’m on the road, I do a lot of solo things. And so does he. Lately, we’ve been running a lot together.”
On how Clark, 37, supports her as a first-time marathoner, the former Bachelorette — who met her fiancé on season 16 of the show — teased, “He kind of knows that I’m a pretty strong-willed individual, so he waits for me to ask for help. Because he knows I will.”
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“He’s really good with advice and steering me in the right direction. He can tell me to run easy today, but knowing myself, I’ll probably run hard. But that’s okay. It’s something of a good balancing act,” she continues. “He’s been really supportive.”
Adams committed to the marathon in May and took her workouts on the road duringThe Bachelorette’s busy filming schedule. (Adams began serving as co-host of the reality dating show with Kaitlyn Bristowe earlier this year.)
“I had all these training plans and ideas of how I was going to run in the park every week and really create a community around here, but life has its own plan,” she says. “So I ended up running on a treadmill all around the United States. And Mexico.”
The humanitarian organization works to provide access to clean water for those in need around the world, and Adams is fundraising for healthcare, education, and clean water access for children in the village of Kinango, Kenya.
Soon after getting involved with the non-governmental organization as a volunteer, Adams said she felt compelled to do more. Everything fell into stride when World Vision asked if she’d be interested in teaming up with them to fundraise for a marathon.
“I mean, and that’s kind of what we always want, right? We’re always looking for something to kind of fill us up and speak to our higher purpose and make us feel good,” Adams says.
“That’s what this is all about. That’s why I’m not really stressed right now,” she adds ahead of race day. “And it’s just a beautiful accomplishment.”
source: people.com
