I hope you are reading this from the safety of your home! What crazy times we are living in... Minneapolis is now on a two week shelter-in-place; I've already been working from home for two weeks before this went into place, as well as not going out at all, so this really isn't too different for me. The biggest change is that I am not running with anyone else anymore. Don't get me wrong, Continue Reading
Week 1 of Quarantine…
Most weeks, my recaps are a countdown to the next marathon. Of course, there was a little blip in 2018, when a big portion of the year was spent counting weeks since the broken leg. But there is no marathon on the horizon...and that's not the only thing that's different right now, obviously! We're in an unprecedented place. A place that's uneasy, stressful, and a bit scary. For now, I'm Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: What am I training for?
What a week... This was definitely the week that the coronavirus became "real" for a lot of us. For me, that looked like this: I'm now working from home from my office jobThe first race of my running club's race circuit, a small local 8k, which was supposed to be on Saturday, was cancelled on FridayAlmost all of the athletes that I coach have had their races cancelled; lots of work Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 6 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon
After last week's injury scare and mileage cutback, it was back to regular programming this week! Dustin (my husband) was on a ski trip in Canada with some buddies, which meant I was a solo dog mom. Except I only had Matilda, as Ruth was at an overnight "bootcamp." This bootcamp was through a company called "K9 SF". As part of the training, she stayed at Downtown Dogs all week. Though I Continue Reading
11 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon
Is December flying by or what? I hope the same is true for January and February, as those are definitely the worst months for runners in Minneapolis. I'm officially 11 weeks out from marathon #34, the Atlanta Marathon, which will be my 23rd state on my 50-state quest. I'm here recapping my training this past week. But first, please check out this guest post from Kate, an athlete that I coach, Continue Reading
Guest Post from Kate, an Awesome Writer and Runner!
I have a guest post today from Kate, an athlete I started working with this past summer. You guys are in for a real treat because Kate is an actual writer (unlike yours truly, as I'm sure you've already figured out, ha!) Check out Kate's writing accomplishments on her website, http://www.katehattemer.com She's published multiple books, but today, she's here to tell you about her Continue Reading
13 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm here with my weekly recap of marathon training. After an awesome time at the Indianapolis Marathon (catch up HERE), I enjoyed a short recovery week. But now I'm back at it to prepare for the Atlanta marathon on March 1! Here's how training went down: Monday: First workout since Indy! Nothing too intense.3 miles easy, 10x45 seconds at 5k effort (around 7 Continue Reading