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
Fits Do Race Reviews: Grandma’s Marathon 2017
Last Saturday, I ran my 27th marathon, the 41st running of Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN. This was my 3rd time running Grandma’s. I ran it in 2015. It was a downpour that year, but the rain kept us cool. I set a 13 minute PR! In 2016, I ran it again and it was a bust- red flag situation, super hot, not great. I ran a 3:49- a painful 3:49. Why did I run it again? Well, it's still a great Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Tips for the Marathon Taper
(With Grandma's Marathon this weekend, I thought it was a good idea to re-visit an older post about the taper!) The taper: that magical place when you sit back and enjoy all this extra free time and relish in all your hard work over the past 18 weeks… You're probably thinking, "Magical? No way. The taper sucks!" Why does the taper suck? You start second guessing all of your Continue Reading
Guest Post by Matilda the Vizsla: Fast & Furry 8k 2017
Matilda has recapped the Fast & Furry 8k the past two years (read them here: 2015 and 2016). She's back again to share her thoughts on this year's race. Enjoy! Hi all! My name is Matilda Benson and I'm an 8 year-old Hungarian vizsla who LOVES to run. This was the fourth year that I've run the Fast and the Furry 8K, my big race of the year. I ran with Dustin the first two and Jessie at Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon with my Sister!
Happy Sunday! I hope you had a great weekend and bloggers, I hope you join Jess and my link-up, details at the end of this post. I'm still in recovery mode from Boston, but I'm slowly building back some mileage to prepare to pace my sister Erin at Grandma's Marathon in 7 weeks. Her goal is somewhere around 4:15-4:20 and her training has been going very well. I hope to help her achieve this Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Recaps: The 121st Boston Marathon.
This past Monday, I ran the 121st Boston Marathon. This was my 26th marathon, 5 out of 6 of the World Majors, and state #17 on my 50-state goal. It's taken me a bit longer than usual to write this recap. I think it's because it's really hard for me to separate my personal performance from the race as a whole. I worked hard to get to Boston. It took a lot of sweat and tears to Continue Reading