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Weekly Recap: 17 Weeks Post Broken Leg

June 17, 2018 By Jessie Benson 28 Comments

Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a great weekend. If you're only stopping in for the weekly recap, please check out this post, which walks through a full summary of the past 17 weeks. And please share it with anyone you know going through something similar! Not much new to update you on today with my weekly recap. I'll just get right to it Monday: 45 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes stair Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 15 Weeks Since I Broke My Leg

June 3, 2018 By Jessie Benson 21 Comments

It’s been FIFTEEN weeks since I broke my leg. Such a long time. If you’re new to this blog, you can read my story in Runner’s World HERE. I was interviewed a few weeks ago for the article. This post, this post, and this post are also a great place to catch up. I was an avid marathoner, running 3-4 marathons a year, and was well into training for the Antarctica Marathon when I broke my tibia and Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Seven Weeks Post-Broken Leg

April 8, 2018 By Jessie Benson 30 Comments

Hello and happy Sunday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for reading my blog. It's been 7 weeks since I slipped on the ice during a 20 mile long run when training for the Antarctica Marathon and 6 weeks since I had surgery to put it all back together. I'm continuing to document my recovery weekly; I hope that my journey is helpful in some way to anyone who may be going Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon 2016

May 30, 2016 By Jessie Benson 6 Comments

Grandma's Marathon 2016 is 3 weeks away. Can you believe that June 18th is creeping up on us so quickly? Can't wait! Here's how my training went last week: Monday: 7 easy morning miles with two friends. 1 hour barre class at The Barre in the evening. Tuesday: 2 mile warm up, 5 x 1k repeats with 2 minute recovery, 2 mile cool down. My goal pace for the 1k repeats was 5k race pace, or Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until the London Marathon!

April 4, 2016 By Jessie Benson 11 Comments

Three weeks until the London Marathon! This will be my 3rd international marathon (Berlin, Tokyo, now London), my 4th World Major (Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago, London) and my 22nd marathon overall! I'm even more excited as my running is starting to feel back to normal. It definitely has not been as intense as it was for the Phoenix Marathon, but at least I'm training again. My new goal for the Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Five Weeks Until the London Marathon

March 20, 2016 By Jessie Benson 5 Comments

FIVE weeks until the London Marathon! Yikes. I have to admit, I'm pretty anxious to get back into real training, especially with the race so close, but my coach is being very conservative. He only wanted me to run every other day this week and always short/easy runs. If I made it through the week running pain-free, he would start to add mileage back to my schedule. So, here's how the past Continue Reading

Fresh New Fit: Swimming Laps…

March 12, 2013 By Jessie Benson Leave a Comment

by Cool J in MinneapolisAll these snowboarding pics...what about the RUNNING, Cool J?It's true. I barely ran in Big Sky! It was all snowboard, snowboard, snowboard, all day, every day. We would head to the mountain right away every morning, and be there until the lifts closed. The long days on the mountain, combined with a few late nights, meant that I just wasn't feeling an early wakeup. I mean, Continue Reading

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Who’s to say I’m not an Olympic hopeful? 😆🇬🇧❤️
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17 mile exploratory run Thames -> Regent’s Canal -> Victoria Park -> Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park & back. The Amsterdam marathon is 10 weeks away. 🥳
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#queenelizabetholympicpark #longrun #instarunner #londonrunner #saturdaylongrun #exploringlondonbyfoot #amsterdammarathon
I spy a London fox! 🦊 🇬🇧❤️ . . . . # I spy a London fox! 🦊 🇬🇧❤️ 
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#londonfox #london #mileendpark #morningrun #fox
Full weekend exploring London, with a 16 mile long Full weekend exploring London, with a 16 mile long run on Regent’s Canal & Victoria Park, a visit to Borough Market, a walk with the pups to Shoreditch, dinner on Bermondsey Street, more running & lots of dog walks (+ meeting with a dog walker for this week when we both are in the office), and then the formal tour of the Tower of London. Covered a lot of ground. #london #exploringlondon #movetolondon #expat #londonexpat #runninginlondon #bermondsey #toweroflondon
Best reunion ever! I've been so, so worried, but t Best reunion ever! I've been so, so worried, but these girls were such troopers through a 4-day delay in Chicago when it was too hot for them to fly, to a 7-hour flight from Chicago to Amsterdam, 5 hours getting through customs, followed by a 9 hour van transport (via the eurotunnel) to London to be reunited with us. ❤️ So much happiness in my heart to be together again.
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#vizsla #vizslasofinstagram #ilovemydogs #welltraveled #londonvizslas #londondogs
Good morning Thames! #morningrun #towerbridge #lon Good morning Thames! #morningrun #towerbridge #london #expat #mplstolondon
Exploring our new home the best way we know how, v Exploring our new home the best way we know how, via a long run! 
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Send me all your tips on London life 😊
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#longrun #london #expats #unitedkingdom #instarunner #londonrunner #amsterdammarathon
Run with Nordica, brunch with Richard & Craig- fit Run with Nordica, brunch with Richard & Craig- fitting in as much as we can between packing! #morningrun #brunch #friends #movetolondon
I’m committing to posting more “on the grid” I’m committing to posting more “on the grid” as I don’t love how Instagram is mostly reels and stories, so expect more pictures here, even when they are blurry from a sweaty iPhone camera 🤣 It was a struggle out there for all 13.7 miles, but still enjoyed my last Saturday long run around the lakes with my friend @vstabenow ‘s company for 10 of them! 
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#chainoflakes #minneapolis #minneapolisrunner #longrun #humidrun #instarunner #amsterdammarathon
Well, I guess last Saturday wasn’t my farewell t Well, I guess last Saturday wasn’t my farewell to Peter Cottontail on the Trail, Julie and I made our way out there this morning for a fun Friday run! #petercottontailontherunningtrail #minnehaha #morningrun #minneapolis
Our last bocce game last night. 😢 Keep the team Our last bocce game last night. 😢 Keep the team alive for us @mdmason1 & @jeramsland and hopefully we will sub in if we are back visiting next summer! #lindenhillsbocce #lindenhills #bocceball #summer #goodbye #washbeards #ayeayecaptain #neighborhood
Ruth and Matilda have been dying to share some exc Ruth and Matilda have been dying to share some exciting news- we are moving to London!

- Dustin was offered a really great opportunity through the same company to take on a new role in London.
- My company approved a transfer for me to our London office- same job for me (fun new office location!)
- I’ll be localized, Dustin will be an expat.
- The move has been in the works for awhile, but UK immigration was slow with visa processing due to Covid, staffing shortages, the Ukrainian war refugee crisis, etc. but we now have our visas so things are moving quickly- tentative move date is July 7!
- Though the delay was frustrating at first, I think it was meant to be, as it allowed me to be in the US for my mom’s last days and then her funeral. 😕
- We will be renting a flat in the city of London. Visitors welcome!
- Ruth & Matilda are coming with. We wouldn’t go if they couldn’t join! Happy to share details on how they are getting there, but Dustin’s firm set up us with an amazing agency that handles it all, @worldcarepet 
- Some good friends are hosting a goodbye party/open house on June 25th. Text me for details, I’d love to see you before we leave. All are invited! 🇬🇧
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Losing a parent is not easy and I question if it w Losing a parent is not easy and I question if it will ever even feel…a little less hard. But I am so glad that I have these wonderful people to miss her with…♥️
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