Instead of my normal weekly recap of training, I'm sharing a recap of our trip this past week to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA.) Thanks to Covid-19, we had two big international trips cancelled this year: Bhutan in May and Patagonia in September. The silver lining of the pandemic? We found time to make a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) a priority! There's a great Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: More August Running
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: Running into August
With no marathons on the horizon and my 300+ mile month behind me, I took a little bit of a step back this week, but still got in some good runs and strength training. The weather started off almost fall-like, but then crept back up to regular August heat/humidity in time for the weekend! With Fargo's cancellation, I'm still keeping my eyes out for a small marathon somewhere drivable this year Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: A 300+ mile month!
July was a BIG month of mileage. And it sort of made sense, since I was theoretically training for the Fargo Marathon. But... Another one bites the dust! The Fargo Marathon is officially cancelled. Fargo was a backup plan; my original plans for 2020 looked like this: Atlanta Marathon March 2020 (this will be my only marathon this year!)Bhutan Marathon May 2020Patagonia Marathon Continue Reading
The End of the Calhoun Beach Running Club.
Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we? All the way back to the year 2010...yes, let's go back TEN years. In the winter of 2010, I was really into Corepower Yoga. I had an unlimited membership and took classes at least 3 times a week, sometimes more! I also ran marathons (I had trained for 7, completed 6), but I trained for those marathons entirely on my own. I did not have running Continue Reading
5 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
Another big week of running complete for my "highest-mileage-month" challenge! Though there was a lot of running, I did not run anywhere near the 80 miles I hit last week; that was just a one time thing for me. But it was still a full week. Here's how things went in training for the Fargo Marathon (in just 5 weeks!) Monday: 4 miles with Ruth before work, 8:50 min/mile, Discover Strength Continue Reading
6 Weeks Until the Fargo Marathon
Well, the Fargo Marathon is still on, as far as we know. This week brought several marathon cancellations (Philadelphia, the Tunnel Light Marathon, Chicago, and others I'm sure!) but Fargo says they are still on. Even if the forecast looks great on race day, I still don't know for sure that I'll do Fargo; I'm waiting to hear what kind of safety precautions they have in place and how they are Continue Reading