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Weekly Recap: More August Running

August 16, 2020 By Jessie Benson 26 Comments

Hello! Can you believe it's already August 16th? This month is flying by...here's how this past week went in fitness/training: Monday: We had some horrible storms Sunday night (not as bad as Iowa- eeks!) so I had trouble getting up early after a terrible night of little sleep. I only had time for a quick 4 miler with Ruth, 8:40 min/mile pace. After work, I did a virtual 1:1 session with Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Change of Plans

June 28, 2020 By Jessie Benson 33 Comments

You read that correctly; I'm no longer counting down weeks until the Patagonia marathon. Now it's the FARGO marathon. Note quite the same...a bit disappointing, but not entirely surprising. Our September Patagonia trip and marathon won't be happening this year. The country of Chile renewed their travel ban for another 90 days, so it's not an option at this time. With Patagonia off the Continue Reading

16 Weeks Until the Patagonia Marathon!

May 23, 2020 By Jessie Benson 36 Comments

Yes, you read that right; 16 weeks until the Patagonia International Marathon in Chile! This trip and marathon have technically been on my calendar for quite awhile; it's a place I'm dying to visit and a marathon there will get Dustin and me one continent closer to our "seven continents" goal. 2020 was supposed to be such a great year of travel, with Bhutan in May (cancelled) and then Continue Reading

Week 9 of the Quarantine

May 17, 2020 By Jessie Benson 31 Comments

Week 9 of the quarantine.... Week 9. Crazy, right? But things are changing a bit in Minneapolis; a little bit, that is. Read on. To start, I have to admit that this week was a little sad, as we were supposed to be leaving for Bhutan this past Friday to run the Thunder Dragon marathon there. Delta Airlines still sent me a notification that my boarding pass was ready on Thursday; Continue Reading

Week 8 of the Quarantine

May 10, 2020 By Jessie Benson 29 Comments

'Twas a good week. Maybe this shelter-in-place isn't so bad? Yes, I miss my friends and family and travel, but I'm surviving. Thank goodness for running! It didn't hurt that the weather was wonderful for runs; clear and mid-40's in the morning nearly every day. Here's how my fitness wrapped up this week: Monday: 5 miles solo, 1.4 with Ruth (our vizsla); 9:05 min/mile average. Discover Continue Reading

Week 7 of the Quarantine

May 3, 2020 By Jessie Benson 34 Comments

Pictured above- keeping social distance for a virtual 1 mile race! Another week of sheltering in place...here's my recap of how I stayed sane via fitness! Monday: 8 miles, 9:05 min/mile pace before work, Discover Strength after work. It was pouring pretty heavily on this run, but was relatively warm (58 degrees) so not the worst run, but was definitely drenched at the Continue Reading

Week 4 of the Quarantine

April 12, 2020 By Jessie Benson 32 Comments

Here we are, week 4 of sheltering-in-place, running solo, working from home, and virtual strength training sessions. I hope you're hanging in there, staying healthy, sane, and as active as you can! For each of us, the level of activity looks different. For me, I'm still training as though marathons will be back on the horizon this summer, even though we really don't know if that's the case. I'm Continue Reading

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May 2025 highlights: a trip to Wales to support Du May 2025 highlights: a trip to Wales to support Dustin running a 50km trail race, (hiked Snowdonia solo while he ran), “Bark Jacobs” with Ruthie, runs with friends, including a run to see all the Chelsea In Bloom flowers, “Here we are” at the National theatre, Ruth’s 6th birthday at the movies 🍿, Hackney rooftop saunas  and more walks in the Heath. Chill but great month 💕
#wales #snowdonia #utmb #vizslas #ruth #phoenicianscheme #barkjacobs #chelseainbloom
April 2025 highlights! Paris marathon followed by April 2025 highlights! Paris marathon followed by a few nights in Reims tasting champagne, an Easter weekend in Norfolk (UK), cheering for friends at the London marathon…and dogs of course. Always dogs! 🐶 
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#england #london #vizsla #expat #reims #parismarathon #norfolk
Marathon #47, the 2025 Paris Marathon! . It was m Marathon #47, the 2025 Paris Marathon! 
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It was my “PW” time in quite a while (except the wine marathon in Médoc but that doesn’t really count 😆) but after taking several weeks off at an important time of the training block due to a tendon injury (and battling a cold on race day 🤧) I am still proud of myself and happy to have completed another marathon.  Thanks to @donalmorancoaching for coaching me through the injury (I’m the first to admit I’m terrible when injured 😑- he’s very patient and thoughtful with his guidance)
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Paris is a lovely course, showing off the best parts of the city with brilliant crowd support, good weather (maybe a little warm), followed by a few days in Reims for champagne tasting with @dustinrbenson & @emariecantu made for a memorable experience with lots of laughs 🥳
“Spring will come and so will happiness.” . . “Spring will come and so will happiness.”
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March in London was actually sunny and warm(ish), making up for the dreary months prior (weather-wise and mentally!)
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Started the month with a day trip to hike Seven Sisters (so pretty!), a cautious return to running, a colour analysis (I’m a cool summer!) flowers, birds, a bit more running…and an official extension of our visas, guess we are here for a few more years 🥳
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#londonexpat #clouranalysis #london #northlondon #londonrunning #thebigegghunt #parismarathon
February 2025: Started with a lot of running (too February 2025: Started with a lot of running (too much?), a Paul Mescal play (so-so), a Rami Malek play (incredible!) a rainy Taylor themed 5k, but ended with a strained (torn) soleus muscle which presented as Achilles pain at the insertion point. Two weeks off of running (so far), physio, dry needling, shockwave therapy, and sports massage…I’m not sure if I’ll be running the Paris marathon in a few weeks but I’m doing all the spin (Psycle) and pilates (Heartcore) to try to retain a bit of fitness but another bummer month in the sh*tshow year of 2025.
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But…in dog news, Ruth is getting all the love as an only child and lots of local adventures and walkies! 💙
January 2025. Started off really rough with saying January 2025. Started off really rough with saying goodbye to my best friend Matilda…there was some running, some races, a work trip to NYC, & a snowboarding trip to Switzerland. But happy to put this month behind me. On to February…
Snowboarding 🏂 in Verbier, Switzerland for 4 da Snowboarding 🏂 in Verbier, Switzerland for 4 days was lovely ☺️ 
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 Back in London for awhile now.
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#switzerland #verbier #alps #snowboarding #winterfun #4vallees
Matilda, I will miss you every day of the rest of Matilda, I will miss you every day of the rest of my life.
Christmas Day Hampstead pond plunge! . . #christm Christmas Day Hampstead pond plunge! 
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#christmasday #hampstead #hampsteadponds #menspondhampsteadheath #coldplunge
Happy New Year! . 3 marathons: Barcelona 🇪🇸 Happy New Year! 
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3 marathons: Barcelona 🇪🇸 , Tromsø 🇳🇴 , Cape Town 🇿🇦 ,  2545 miles run 🏃🏼‍♀️, 2 Eras shows (Lisbon & London), Oktoberfest in Munich, hiking Tour du Mont Blanc, snowboarding Zermatt, Brugges, many visitors to London 🎉, a few trips back to 🇺🇸, exploring more of 🇬🇧.…‘twas a fun year 🥰
The most magical holiday party at the Tower of Lon The most magical holiday party at the Tower of London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧💂‍♂️🎄🎅
Christmas lights run! 🏃🏼‍♀️ . #christ Christmas lights run! 🏃🏼‍♀️ 
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#christmas #londonchristmas #christmasdecor #christmaslightsrun #holiday #festiveseason
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