It's the last weekly recap of 2019! What a year it's been...I hope to have time for a reflection post on running through the year, but for now, it's on to the weekly recap of training for the Atlanta Marathon, which is on March 1! Monday: Easy 9 miles in the morning; the trails around Bde Mka Ska (i.e. Lake Calhoun) were a little icy on the way to the meet my friends, but once there, we Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 6 Weeks Until Antarctica!
Hello, hello! I'm here with my usual weekly recap, this time counting down to the Antarctica Marathon! I have to admit, I am a little superstitious about counting down to Antarctica after what happened last year. (If you're new here, I was 3 weeks out when I broke my leg and couldn't go.) It all feels very familiar to be counting down again to the same trip. I really hope I'm not setting myself Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Training for the Antarctica Marathon
Cheers to running outside! Though my paces were slower than normal, I got outside for all but 10 out of 60 miles of running. Yay! Here's how this week of training for the Antarctica marathon went: Monday: HUGE blizzard in Minnesota, just as forecasted. I think in the city we received over a foot of snow. It was the most snow in a single day in the past 7 years; it was nuts. It started in the Continue Reading