Hello! I'm here with my weekly recap of training for my 43rd marathon, the Dublin marathon on October 29th. If you missed it, I shared a recap of my recent visit to Marrakesh- catch up here! Okay, I'll get on to the recap! Monday: Rest from running. After returning from Marrakesh the day before, I was happy to get some extra sleep. Dog walks, core + lower body strength after Continue Reading

A few months ago, Dustin found out he would be attending a conference in Marrakesh. I had never been, so I decided to tag along with him to explore! If you're new here, I'm an American living in London. Marrakesh is just a 3 hour flight from London, so what better time to see this new-to-me place! We arrived early on Wednesday, October 11th; my plan was always to work on Wednesday and Thursday Continue Reading

Hello! I’m here with my weekly recap of life in London and training for the Dublin marathon! If you missed it, I shared a recap of our recent trip to the Isle of Skye in Scotland, check it out HERE! This week also included a bit of travel- trying to take advantage of seeing as much of the world as we can while living in London! Here’s how this week went: Monday: After a really big Continue Reading

This is a recap of my recent trip to the Isle of Skye in Scotland! My younger sister Laurie, her husband, his sister, and his sister's husband reached out a few months ago about a trip to Scotland; Laurie suggested the Highlands, specifically the Isle of Skye. The two of us did most of the research and planning of this 3-night trip. There is a lot to see on Skye, so I thought it would be Continue Reading

Hello! This was a full week - lots of great memories for sure, but probably not my strongest "peak" week of a marathon training cycle. I'm hopeful that the rest of the training will compensate for a less-than-perfect one this week but either way, it was worth it (except for the nasty cold that I had for most of it.) I try my best to balance running and training with living the rest of my life as Continue Reading

Hi friends! Thanks for following along with my training for the Dublin marathon (and recap of life in London as an American!) Here's how this past week went: Monday: I had thought about using Monday as a rest day after a big week (60 miles!) the week before, but my friend from the Mornington Chasers run club reached out about joining her and another friend for some easy miles, so I decided to Continue Reading

5 weeks! And 3 of those will essentially be the taper, so just 2 big weeks of training left before marathon #43! And this was a big week; here's how it all worked out: Monday: REST. Much needed. I still ended up walking about 5 miles between commuting and dog walks. I did some core but otherwise fully embraced the rest day. Our new place overlooks the Hampstead ponds- the baby swans are Continue Reading