Last Sunday, November 21, 2021, I completed my 37th full marathon and 26th state on my 50-state marathon quest, which was the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, Oklahoma! For a full list of marathons that I have run, check out this page. We arrived in Tulsa late afternoon and checked into our hotel, the Hyatt Regency in Tulsa, and then took scooters over to the expo. In order to eliminate any Continue Reading

Race week! By the time this is published, I will have completed my 37th marathon and 26th state in my 50-state quest. Hopefully! Here's how race week went: Unfortunately race week coincided with a very busy work week where we were 'strongly encouraged' to be present in the office the whole week...which meant early early runs every day. Monday: 6.5 mile run with Ruth, 8:30 min/mile Continue Reading

Happy Tuesday friends! I’m linking up with Kim from Kooky Runner and Zenaida for their Tuesday Topics link-up. The official topic of the week is "What did you learn from your worst race?" but instead I'm sharing a list of ways to know you're a Twin Cities Runner! I'll call this part 3 of a series- I wrote the first one back in 2014 (wow, this blog has been around a long Continue Reading

Just one week to go until my 37th marathon! For a full list of the marathons I have done, check out THIS PAGE. Last week, I mentioned how my shin was super sore after Saturday's long run. I took a bonus rest day on Sunday and magically, the pain went away! I mean, I did also ice, stretch, and ice some more, but I am confident I made the right choice by resting instead of running on Sunday. Continue Reading

Two weeks until I attempt to run another 26.2 and check my 26th state off my 50-state quest! Here's how things went this week in training: Monday: 9.16 miles before work, 9:05 min/mile average, my friend Isabelle joined for a bit. 45 minute full body strength with Adrian on the Peloton app after work; I liked this one! Tuesday: Intentional recovery run- 9:35 min/mile, before work and Continue Reading

I'm so sad to say goodbye to my favorite month. October was (mostly) a blast; running felt so great too! Hopefully November isn't too hard on us weather-wise here in Minneapolis, as I have 3 more weeks until my next marathon, the Route 66 marathon in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which will be my 37th full (hopefully!) Here's how training went this past week: Monday: Very early 9 miler (back to alarms Continue Reading

October is the best time to be a runner in Minneapolis! The weather is perfection and the fall colors (if you're not running in the dark of course) are amazing. I tried to make the most of it this week! Here’s how training for the Oklahoma marathon went: Monday: 9 morning miles, 9:14 min/mile average followed by a 30 minute yoga session for a work thing. I did about an hour stack of Continue Reading