And just two weeks until the French wine marathon! This was my biggest week of training before Médoc; I'm going to cutback/taper a little bit (not much though) this week. Even though Médoc isn't a race in the traditional sense, it's still 26.2 miles on my legs, so I want to back off just a bit. Here's how training went this past week! Monday: We were still in Corfu; Dustin wanted to Continue Reading
11 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
Hello! I’m late with my weekly recap as we were on holiday so I’ve missed the usual link-up with Deb and Kim, but here it is anyways...I'll hopefully post another one tomorrow for this week. Monday: Rest from running, lower body strength & core after work Tuesday: Run commute to the office- 5 miles- plus an office 5k for 8 miles total. Upper body strength after work. Wednesday: Run Continue Reading
12 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
Welcome to August! This summer is flying by...the Dublin marathon is now 12 weeks out, and Medoc is only 4 weeks out. Can't wait! It was a solid week of training before a cutback next week- here's how it went down: Monday: 7.4 miles before work in the rain; it wasn't pouring, but I was definitely pretty soaked by the end! Core after work. Tuesday: 7.4 miles with 4x5 minutes moderate, 2 Continue Reading
13 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
After the whirlwind visit to the U.S. last week, this week was pretty low-key, with a focus on getting back to a London routine & training for the Dublin marathon in 13 weeks (and the Medoc marathon in just 5 weeks! Did I mention that everyone runs Medoc in "fancy dress" - i.e. a costume- and the theme this year is Gastronomy. I need to figure out our costumes! Any suggestions? I want it to be Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
And, I'm back in London after a whirlwind week back in the U.S. We have 14 weeks until the Dublin marathon, and just 6 weeks until the Marathon du Mèdoc- summer is flying by! Why did it take so long for us to go back to the U.S.? There's no single reason...we're both working busy jobs here and it's not like we have unlimited personal time; we have been using a lot of our holiday for other Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 15 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
Hello from the United States! We are back in Minnesota for the first visit in exactly a year. I can't believe we've been away for so long, but the first year seemed to really fly by.... Although its a long (albeit direct) flight from London to Minneapolis, I do hope we come back more than once a year going forward. Here's how this past week went in training for the Dublin marathon (and in Continue Reading
16 Weeks Until the Dublin Marathon
Hello! I'm here with my weekly recap. There's 16 weeks until the Dublin Marathon, and only 8 weeks until the "French Wine Marathon" or the Marathon du Medoc. Here's how training went this week! Monday: Rest from running, Kim Runs the Mitten strength training after work (upper body) + core Tuesday: 7.3 mile run before work, Dustin passed me going the other way outside of Primrose park and Continue Reading