Once again, I am catching up on a missed weekly recap! Here’s my recap of training for the Tromso marathon for the past two weeks- only 4 weeks out now, almost to the taper! Week of May 20 through the 26:Monday: Rest from running post Hackney half the day before, Caroline Girvan dead bug and 20 min upper bodyTuesday: Run commute + office run, 7.75 miles totalWednesday: 3x15 min at marathon pace Continue Reading

Isn't all the wisteria in Hampstead so pretty? (Above pic.) I just love it this time of year! 6 weeks until the Tromso marathon! Zipping right along to marathon 45. Here’s how training went this past week: Monday: Rest from running, beginner’s Pilates class at Ten Health after work, nice and easy class with lots of stretching. Tuesday: Run commute solo, then an office run. In the rain. Continue Reading

Tromsø training is kicking into high gear! And part of that "higher gear"? I decided to start working with a coach again. His name is Donal Moran and he's Irish, he lives here in London and I met him through the Mornington Chasers, though his coaching is separate from the run club. I'll share more, but its been a few weeks of working with him now and so far, so good (other than the stomach bug Continue Reading

Here’s my two-week recap! Last week, I shared London marathon week (for my husband, not for me!) Today I’m wrapping up two weeks instead of one to get back on track! Week of April 22 through April 28Monday: Rest! I was very tired on Monday from the busy day cheering the day before at the London Marathon. Spectating a marathon and chasing your runner around the city is almost as exhausting as Continue Reading

10 weeks until the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø, Norway- and marathon week in London (for my husband- and 53,000 other runners! Biggest group of finishers ever at the London marathon!) And what a fun one it was... (Technically I'm a week behind, this is last week's recap but I didn't publish last weekend, so publishing now!) Here's how training went this past week Monday: 7 mile Continue Reading

I have missed a few weeks with my weekly recaps after the Barcelona marathon- just took a little breather from documenting life here, but I'm back! I did chime in last week with a recap of our trip to Italy, catch up HERE. I'm now training for my next marathon, which will be the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø, Norway at the end of June- my 45th marathon! Not as monumental as 50 will be, but Continue Reading

*I'm linking up with Kim and Deborah for their weekly fitness recaps; this isn't quite a fitness recap, but I do mention how I fit in some running while on holiday, so hopefully this is okay! You can check out all the other amazing fitness bloggers by going to Kim or Deborah's blogs! My husband and I joined one of my sisters (who lives in Chicago) and her two teenagers, her husband, and my dad Continue Reading