July was a BIG month of mileage. And it sort of made sense, since I was theoretically training for the Fargo Marathon. But... Another one bites the dust! The Fargo Marathon is officially cancelled. Fargo was a backup plan; my original plans for 2020 looked like this: Atlanta Marathon March 2020 (this will be my only marathon this year!)Bhutan Marathon May 2020Patagonia Marathon Continue Reading
The End of the Calhoun Beach Running Club.
Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we? All the way back to the year 2010...yes, let's go back TEN years. In the winter of 2010, I was really into Corepower Yoga. I had an unlimited membership and took classes at least 3 times a week, sometimes more! I also ran marathons (I had trained for 7, completed 6), but I trained for those marathons entirely on my own. I did not have running Continue Reading
5 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
Another big week of running complete for my "highest-mileage-month" challenge! Though there was a lot of running, I did not run anywhere near the 80 miles I hit last week; that was just a one time thing for me. But it was still a full week. Here's how things went in training for the Fargo Marathon (in just 5 weeks!) Monday: 4 miles with Ruth before work, 8:50 min/mile, Discover Strength Continue Reading
6 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
Well, the Fargo Marathon is still on, as far as we know. This week brought several marathon cancellations (Philadelphia, the Tunnel Light Marathon, Chicago, and others I'm sure!) but Fargo says they are still on. Even if the forecast looks great on race day, I still don't know for sure that I'll do Fargo; I'm waiting to hear what kind of safety precautions they have in place and how they are Continue Reading
7 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
My "highest-mileage-month" challenge is most definitely underway, though the summer storms and heat did not make it easy this week. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I'm tentatively planning to run the Fargo Marathon on August 29th, dependent on two things- the pandemic and the weather. TBD if I'll run it or not, but I am registered, so I'm training accordingly. Monday: I ran 5 miles before Continue Reading
8 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
I hope everyone had a lovely long holiday weekend! On a normal year, Dustin and I would be up at his family's cabin, running a 4th of July 5k, and then watching the fireworks. This year, we're not sure we'll be going to the cabin all summer; just one of many changes due to the pandemic, I guess! This year, we stayed in Minneapolis and did lot of house projects and hanging around in the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Change of Plans
You read that correctly; I'm no longer counting down weeks until the Patagonia marathon. Now it's the FARGO marathon. Note quite the same...a bit disappointing, but not entirely surprising. Our September Patagonia trip and marathon won't be happening this year. The country of Chile renewed their travel ban for another 90 days, so it's not an option at this time. With Patagonia off the Continue Reading