Race week! By the time most of you are reading this post, I will probaby be running the Vienna marathon or maybe even finished! I've been recapping training for Vienna for quite some time, here's the full history!19 weeks until Vienna + Christmas in London18 weeks until Vienna + snow in London!16 weeks until Vienna (after a week in Finland for Christmas!)15 weeks until Vienna14 weeks until Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: One Week Until the Vienna Marathon
Just like that, it's race week! On April 23, I will toe the line of my 41st full marathon, the Vienna City marathon in Austria. (Well, hopefully! As I learned with the Amsterdam marathon, the time that I tested positive for Covid the day of our flight from London to Amsterdam for the marathon, you just never know what will happen! But, running Vienna in a week is the plan!) My last marathon was Continue Reading
2 Weeks Until the Vienna Marathon
Hi friends! Welcome to my weekly recap of training for the Vienna marathon - and life in the U.K. as an American transplant! Monday: 5 mile run before work. Core & barre on Peloton after work. Tuesday: Run commute to the office- 4.7 miles. Piccadilly is so quiet at 7 am! Followed the run commute with 3.3 miles with my colleague Nicole. Our firm has a corporate team for the London Continue Reading
3 Weeks Until the Vienna Marathon
What a week! My family was here for spring break (my sister Erin, her two kids, her husband, and my dad) from Friday to Tuesday in London, and then I joined them Tuesday-Friday in Paris. It was a really great trip, and I'm so glad I was able to tag along on the experience with them. Lots of wonderful memories. I was proud of myself for getting in a fair amount of running and a WHOLE lot of Continue Reading
4 Weeks Until the Vienna Marathon
I am writing most of this post ahead of my family's visit, I'm planning to publish as is, and then come back and update with what actually happened the last few days of the week with them here! I'm now 4 weeks out from the Vienna marathon; this upcoming week is the last big push before a 3-week taper (One 22 miler, then taper with 15 miles, 10 miles, the marathon!) With visitors 4 weeks Continue Reading
5 Weeks Until the Vienna Marathon
It was a week...my mom's birthday was on Tuesday, which was the first one since she died last June. It was a tough day. I miss her every day, but her birthday was particularly tough. (I shared this post last June about running through grief.) I feel compelled to acknowledge the cloud that was hanging over the week for me, before delving into my regular weekly recap. Miss you Continue Reading
6 Weeks Until the Vienna Marathon
Happy Sunday! I'm checking in with my normal weekly recap of training for the Vienna marathon, which is coming up quickly on April 23. Here's how training (and life in London) went this past week: Monday: Rest day from running after a lot of miles the week before; needed that rest. That evening, I went to see Oklahoma with some colleagues. This was not the same Oklahoma musical my high Continue Reading