On Sunday, January 20, 2019, I ran my 30th marathon (and checked off my 20th state in my 50-state quest!) , which was the Chevron Houston Marathon in Houston, Texas. It was my first marathon after taking a year off of marathoning due to a broken tibia/fibula. After a long year of recovery, it was so great to be back at it. Here's my review and recap! Dustin and I arrived in Houston late on Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 1 Week Until the Houston Marathon
Happy Sunday! Here I am, one week before my 30th full marathon and first marathon since breaking my tibia/fibula on February 17, 2018. My goal for next Sunday's race is to have fun- no pressure on time, I want to remember to just be grateful to be running a marathon again, less than a year after the most traumatic injury of my life. After I broke my leg, I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to Continue Reading
Thanksgiving and a Cutback Week
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope those of you that celebrate the holiday had a wonderful long weekend. (If you only check in here for the weekly recap, be sure to check out the final recap post of our recent trip to Norway: "Fits on the Road in Flåm and Oslo!") My holiday weekend coincided with a cutback week in mileage for training for the Houston Marathon (my 30th full at the end of January!) It Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
It's Sunday and weekly recap time! If you only check in on Sundays, be sure to read this review from earlier this week of the SPIBeam hat. It's a great product! I am nine weeks out from the Houston Marathon. Here's how training (and life!) went this past week: Monday: 9 miles on the treadmill in the evening. I had hoped to do this run before work, but without combining it into a run Continue Reading
Preparing for the Antarctica Marathon
I've been sharing my weekly recaps of training for the Antarctica Marathon, but I thought I'd share more information about the trip overall. Of course, it will be totally different when I have a real experience to share with you! But here goes... We are running the Antarctica Marathon through Marathon Tours. All the information about registration can be found HERE. There is another marathon on Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Training for the Antarctica Marathon
Cheers to running outside! Though my paces were slower than normal, I got outside for all but 10 out of 60 miles of running. Yay! Here's how this week of training for the Antarctica marathon went: Monday: HUGE blizzard in Minnesota, just as forecasted. I think in the city we received over a foot of snow. It was the most snow in a single day in the past 7 years; it was nuts. It started in the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Recovering from NYC.
Hi all! Did you read my recap of the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon? Catch up here! I'm linking up as usual with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us! (I am also linking up with HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups to Jess and mine. Check them out!) Monday: Total rest. We flew back from NYC this day. Tuesday: [solidcore] class. It felt great to do some Continue Reading