Today's post is a picture-heavy recap of our recent long weekend in Anderson Valley, California. Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region of Northern California, abut 100 miles north of San Francisco; wine country for pinot noir fans! If you plan to visit this area in the future, hopefully this post will be of value to you. (Pin it to Pinterest for future reference!) We flew into San Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon
Three weeks until Grandma’s Marathon... If you’re catching up, I trained hard for the Boston Marathon 6 weeks ago and am now getting ready to pace my sister Erin in Duluth in a few weeks. Her goal is a 4:15, or a 9:40-9:45 min/mile. My recovery since Boston hasn’t been awesome- between a concussion that kept me out of running for a week and now being plagued by some annoying aches and Continue Reading
Guest Post by Matilda the Vizsla: Fast & Furry 8k 2017
Matilda has recapped the Fast & Furry 8k the past two years (read them here: 2015 and 2016). She's back again to share her thoughts on this year's race. Enjoy! Hi all! My name is Matilda Benson and I'm an 8 year-old Hungarian vizsla who LOVES to run. This was the fourth year that I've run the Fast and the Furry 8K, my big race of the year. I ran with Dustin the first two and Jessie at Continue Reading
My Complete Nutrition Work-up and a Giveaway!
I was recently invited to come check out Complete Nutrition in Minnetonka (right off of Highway 7- very close!) for a full "workup/health assessment." I arrived last Saturday at 1 pm on a gloomy rainy day, but I was greeted warmly. The store owner, Margaret, started by giving me a tour of the store and a short explanation of each of the different lines of products that they carry. It was a bit Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Four Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon with my Sister!
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap and happy to share that I'm feeling a lot more normal again, (post-concussion, etc). This week was pretty solid in training, here's how it went; Monday: [solidcore] Tuesday: 4 hot (upper 80's!) miles with Matilda after work. Wednesday: 7.5 miles after work. Around mile 6.5, it started to get really dark and windy. I tried to pick up the pace to Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: What You Actually Need to Train for a Marathon
So you are thinking about training for a marathon but you're feeling a little overwhelmed about what you will need to get started. There's so much information out there, it's hard to know what do you really need to train for a marathon? Here is my list of 5 things you'll definitely need to start training for a marathon: A Plan. Running Shoes Weather Specific Gear Time A Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Easing Back into Running…
After last week's little health scare (if you missed it, I fainted in the shower and took quite a fall), I had to take it easy for a few days- doctor's orders. I'm also dealing with some new (unrelated to the fall) aches and pains in my left leg; I'll definitely be going to Orthology this week for some soft tissue work. With that said, I still was able to run & workout a bit this week, but Continue Reading