Happy Sunday! I'm checking in with my weekly recap of training; the Monumental Indianapolis Marathon is quite a ways away, but it IS my next full marathon, so I'll be counting down to that race. But I do have some shorter distance races planned between now and then as well! Here's how training went this past week: Monday: 8 miles before work, 9 min/mile pace. Discover Strength session after Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 24 Weeks Until Indianapolis!
Happy Memorial Day! I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday. I didn't have a chance to share my weekly recap yesterday, but I did publish my marathon recap of the Brookings Marathon. Check it out! I shared in the Brookings Marathon recap that my next full marathon will be the Indianapolis Marathon on November 9th, which is 24 weeks away. Lots of time to train! I plan to do plenty of shorter Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Recovering from Marathon #32
Hi there! I'm on a flight back to Minneapolis from Tampa, Florida so I think this will be a short post. I was in Florida for my sister Emily's 40th birthday celebration. I come from a relatively big family; I have 4 sisters- yep, FIVE girls in the family! The oldest sister celebrated her 40th in NYC (read about that trip here), then Erin (with whom I just ran the Brookings marathon) with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 1 Week Until the Brookings Marathon
Happy Sunday and welcome to May! I'm so glad spring is in full swing; it's wonderful to run outside without worrying about whether or not the trails will be icy, isn't it? Here's how training went this past week for the Brookings Marathon that I will be running with my sister (her goal is around 4:20-4:25): Monday: 6.65 miles with my friend Christie before work, Discover Strength Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 2 Weeks Until the Brookings Marathon
Happy Sunday! It was a fun week of training over here for the Brookings Marathon, which is in two weeks. I will be running with my sister Erin to hopefully pace her to a PR! Here's how training went this week: Monday: 7 miles with Christie before work with some strides in there. Discover Strength (strength training class) after work. Tuesday: 3 mile warm-up, 4x(800m with 400m recovery), 400m jog, Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: What’s Next?
The theme of this blog has been Antarctica for so long...so, what's next? Well..what's next will probably be a few more posts about our trip to Antarctica! I can't help it, it was the trip of a lifetime and I'm not yet done oversharing. If you're catching up, you can read about the actual Antarctica marathon HERE, then the non-Antarctica parts of the trip HERE, and then the first of a few posts Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 3 Weeks Until the Antarctica Marathon
'Twas a good week! I got to run outside TWICE, including my 20 miler! Here's how training went this week for the Antarctica Marathon: Monday: President's Day! I had the day off of work. What's a girl to do? Head to an 8 am dentist appointment :) But after the dentist, I met my friend Vicki for a 7.25 mile run- OUTSIDE! After 50 miles on the treadmill last week, running outside in the Continue Reading