Three weeks until the New York City Marathon; it's so close! I'm linking up as always with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details below, join us! I'm also joining HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! I generally am a morning runner, but I really struggled this week getting up before work. I think part of it was that my normal morning running buddy Christie Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Four Weeks Until The New York City Marathon
Happy Sunday! Today's post will be short and sweet. It was a relatively uneventful week. I don't even have very many pictures to share...(but did you check out my Ragnar Trail recap? That post had lots of pics!) P.S. Congrats to everyone who ran the Chicago Marathon today! It sounds like it was a tough day out there. I had one woman that I coach who ran and it sounds like the heat was Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until The New York City Marathon!
Happy Twin Cities Marathon day! If you ran, how did it go? I was out there cheering and it seemed like a great day for a marathon! Speaking of marathons, here's how my training for the New York City Marathon went this past week! (Also- I'm linking up with Jess as normal, details at the end of this post, as well as HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!
Happy Sunday! I'm checking in with my weekly recap and link-up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details at the bottom of this post to join us. I am also linking up with Courtney and HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! Here's how training for the NYC marathon went last week: Monday: Rest from running, which felt great after the City of Lakes half marathon Continue Reading
Fits Do Fitness Class Reviews: ALTR Minneapolis
Have you heard of ALTR? It's one of the newest fitness studios in Minneapolis. They just opened on August 28th! I was offered a complementary visit for me and a friend to try out a class and share my experience. My friend Vicki works downtown and is always up to try out new classes, so I offered the 'friend' pass to her. She's a big fan of Alchemy and Physical Culture, and said she had been Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the New York City Marathon. Only 8 weeks to go! Jess and I are hosting our normal weekly link-up; details at the end of this post. I am also linking up with Courtney and HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! Monday: The Victory Labor Day 10k. After a 73 mile week last week, I didn't have high Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Home Sweet Home!
My first full week back in the United States- woo-hoo! I had a great experience in India, but there's no place like home. And while I struggled to get the training in while I was overseas, it felt great to get back to it this week back in Minneapolis- where it's EASY to be a runner! I'm linking up as always with Jess from Jess Runs ATL, details below. Here's how last week's training for the Continue Reading