I hope you are all having a fab February so far! Just 5 weeks until my next marathon, the Barcelona Marathon on March 10th! I'm excited to go to Barcelona for many reasons, one of which is that my niece is studying abroad there, so I'll be seeing her, which is grand. Dustin is not racing Barcelona. Instead he is running the London marathon in April (he has a good-for-age time as a resident,) Continue Reading
6 Weeks Until the Barcelona Marathon
Yay, January is finally over! We are in the great, short (though a day longer than normal) month of February. Spring is on its way! Here's how training went for the Barcelona marathon, which is in 6 weeks. (But first, I did post a recap of our trip to Zermatt if you're interested. Read it HERE.) Monday: 7 miles before work, easy recovery run. Tuesday: Run commute with Tina, 4.5 miles, Continue Reading
Fits on the Road in Zermatt, Switzerland
On January 14-20, Dustin and I went on a snowboarding/ski trip to Zermatt Switzerland (meeting 5 of our American friends there.) This is a recap and summary of that trip; I love to share for my own journaling as well as to hopefully help anyone who might be planning a trip to Zermatt! Both Dustin and I snowboard, but for brevity, I'm going to just say "ski" for most of this post. Sunday, Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the Barcelona Marathon
Hello friends! I'm still working on my post about our recent trip to Zermatt, Switzerland- stop by this week. For now, I'll move right onto my weekly recap of training for the Barcelona marathon, which will be in 7 weeks. Monday: Rest from running. After my rough long run the day before, I knew a rest day was best for me. I did do a bit of core and upper body strength after work. Tuesday: Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the Barcelona Marathon
Hello from London! I mentioned in last week's recap that we were in Switzerland to snowboard for the week, but we are back home. Due to the ski trip, this recap doesn't include as much running as normal- not even half as much! I'll count it as a cutback week and get back to Barcelona training this week. I'm not too worried about the lack of running just for one week; I can't let training Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until the Barcelona Marathon
Hello from Zurich, Switzerland! We flew here today from London, and tomorrow we take the train to Zermatt, where we are meeting 5 friends from the U.S. to ski/snowboard for the week. But first, let me share a recap of training for the Barcelona marathon last week! Monday: Rest from running! Beginner pilates at TEN after work. Tuesday: Run commute, 4.3 miles + first office run of 2024, Continue Reading
10 Weeks Until the Barcelona Marathon
Welcome to 2024! I hope your new year is going well so far; the first week of my year felt focused on marathon training and of course, work, as everyone came back from the holidays ready to tackle all those things we pushed from the end of 2023. London weather was very London-y, with lots of rainy days, but there were some sunny ones in there as well. Here's how my training for the Continue Reading