Happy Christmas from London! I hope you had a wonderful week during this festive season. Here's how my week went in training for the Paris marathon in April! Monday: Easy 6.5 mile run before work- and the sun actually arrived! Heartcore reformer pilates after work. I had gone to pilates on Sunday; two days in a row actually leaves me pretty sore! Both classes had great instructors, Continue Reading

I'm back! Have you missed me? I went on a bit of a blogging hiatus after the Cape Town marathon; I did share a recap of our wonderful trip to Cape Town South Africa (catch up HERE!) but then I took a bit of a break... Some of it was due to a big project at my work that kept me swamped - it was hard to want to sit in front of a computer when I did have free time. Some of it was due to the Continue Reading

I visited Cape Town, South Africa for a week at the end of October; here is a summary of the trip! I hope this post is helpful if you are planning to visit this fabulous place. Feel free to comment with any questions when planning your visit and I will try my best to help! Cape Town is an amazing pace with a lot of things to do, so it can be overwhelming when planning. It is quite common to go on Continue Reading

On Sunday, October 20, 2024, I completed my 46th full marathon, the Cape Town marathon in South Africa! This is my personal recap of my race experience; if you are considering the Cape Town marathon (and you should!), I hope this post is helpful to you. Travel: My husband Dustin and I arrived in Cape Town on Friday morning from London on an overnight flight, giving us about two days to Continue Reading

Hello! I missed a few weeks of blogging as I was in South Africa, but I'm back, and I'm working on my recap of the Cape Town marathon and of our 9 days in South Africa. Stop by soon for those detailed posts. But first, here's my recap of the week of the marathon! Monday: Birthday run! 5-ish miles in the pouring rain. What a way to celebrate my 3rd birthday in London, in very London-esque Continue Reading

Here we are, one week out from the Cape Town marathon, marathon #46 for me! Here's how the taper went this past week: Monday: Rest from running! After the 70 mile week the week before, I was very happy for a little lie-in and a rest day. I did do a beginner pilates class at the studio by my office after work. And over lunch, I was able to get a covid vaccine! In the U.K., I don't qualify Continue Reading

Last big week of training for the Cape Town marathon! Here's my recap of marathon training and life in London as an American! Monday: Rainy solo run commute + office 5k for 7.75 miles total. Tuesday: Train to the office (with 1 mile bonus jog with backpack), then 3x2 miles progressively quicker for 11.2 miles total before work. We went to see Vance Joy (an Australian singer) at Wembley Continue Reading