I've been sharing details about Dustin and my recent trip to Scandinavia: Part 1: Copenhagen and Gothenburg Part 2: Lofthus and Solstrand Now onto Part 3: Bergen! I left off in Part 2 after a morning run in Solstrand, followed by a delicious breakfast at our hotel, the Solstrand Hotel & Bad. After breakfast, we made the short drive to Bergen and checked into our hotel there, the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 11 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Happy Sunday friends! If you only check in for the weekly recap, please check out these two posts from earlier this week: Guest Post: My First Ironman <-- inspiring guest post from my friend Paige, who is a full-time working mom who crushed her first Ironman! Fits on the Road in Norway: Lofthus & Solstrand <-- another travel post about my recent trip to Norway! Now onto my Continue Reading
Fits on the Road in Norway: Lofthus and Solstrand
I'm back with another Fits on the Road post recapping our recent trip to Scandinavia! I left off on my last Fits on the Road about Copenhagen and Gothenburg as we left Gothenburg to head to Lofthus. (If you missed that one, you can catch up HERE.) Lofthus is in the Hardangerfjord area on the east side of the Norway. This trip was centered around picking up a new Volvo via the Factory Delivery Continue Reading
Guest Post: My First Ironman by Paige
I have a fun guest post for you today from my friend Paige and her recap of racing Ironman Wisconsin this past September. Enjoy! Hi Everyone! If you recall, I wrote a guest post for Jessie last year sharing my running through pregnancy and the start of my return-to-running postpartum, (re-read that post HERE!) Remember how I ended being first female overall during the Ironman Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 12 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Happy Sunday! As usual, I'm here with a weekly recap of training for the Houston Marathon. We are now 12 weeks out from marathon #30! Here's how my training went this past week: Monday: After a fun but tough 13-mile run in the rain the previous day (read about that HERE), Dustin decided he was going to rest today, so I did 6 miles on my own in Flåm, Norway. This was actually the first time Continue Reading
13 Weeks until the Houston Marathon & Running in Scandinavia
This weekly recap post is a unique one, as it includes a lot of running in Scandinavia! If you missed it, I shared this Fits on the Road post about the first part of our trip, which included Copenhagen, Denmark and Gothenburg, Sweden. I plan to share similar posts about the rest of our time in Norway; I'll keep this recap post a bit shorter and focused on fitness. But please stop by later this Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Copenhagen & Gothenburg
Hi there! I'm here to share the details of a recent trip Dustin and I took to Scandinavia. We'll call this Part 1: Copenhagen and Gothenburg! (<-- pronounced by locals as "yö-te-boh-ry!" Not what you'd expect!) Friday, October 12: We flew from Minneapolis to Chicago to Copenhagen. I'm sorry, but O'Hare is my least favorite airport for transferring from domestic to international Continue Reading