Great news! The shin pain is all gone and I'm feeling much more confident about the Boston Marathon...which, if you didn't notice in my header photo, is happening in just four short weeks! (Remember when I found out I got in? Catch up on this post. How about when I qualified? Read this post. And of course, my look back on 2016 in running post summarizes a lot of the journey. Or my 50 marathons, Continue Reading
A Visit to Detroit and the RRCA Level 1 Coaching Certification
Last Wednesday through Sunday, I was in Detroit, Michigan. The primary purpose of my visit was the RRCA Level 1 Coaching Certification Course. It was also just a fun weekend with my sister Erin, who decided to join me in the course. This post is a recap of our weekend and short summary of what I learned. The Course: The RRCA Level 1 Coaching Certification usually takes two days, but ours Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until Boston!
Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the Boston Marathon- only 5 weeks to go! I'm linking up with Jess at Jess Runs ATL; details below if you want to join us. Here's how my training went last week: Monday: 1 mile warmup, 8 miles at a 7:40 pace, 1 mile cool-down. I did this before work so it was hard to get to that 7:40 Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Six Weeks Until the Boston Marathon
Happy Sunday! I'm linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL today with my weekly recap. Details below if you want to join us! Monday: REST day from running. It had been awhile since I had a rest day. Of course, what's a girl to do with all that free time, right? Ha! So I went to a [solidcore] class since I hadn't been in quite some time and man was I sore afterwards. I just love that Continue Reading
Where to Run: Havana, Cuba
I have a really cool guest post for you guys today written by my friend Gina, who just recently visited Cuba. She's here to tell you all about running in Cuba! (For other "Where to Run" posts, check out this page) Where to Run, Havana, Cuba by Gina You should go to Cuba. And you should go now. It is a country where an amalgam of three centuries—19th, 20th, and 21st—create a culture unlike Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the Boston Marathon
Another colorful sunrise at the end of my run this week; I would not feel comfortable walking on Lake Calhoun after how warm its been lately, but as you can see, there was someone out there! The warmth was short-lived though; the temperature was back in the 20's by the end of the week. On to my weekly recap of training- only 7 short weeks until the Boston Marathon; here's how it went this Continue Reading
Friday Favorites: A Random List of Things I’m Loving Lately.
Happy Friday! I don't know about you, but I am so ready for the weekend. Just for fun today I thought I'd share a random list of some of my recent favorites- not running related. Just a hodgepodge of things I am enjoying lately: 1. Newman's Own Ginger Mints I love anything ginger. Like the Gin-Gin chewy ginger candy, ginger tea etc. These mints are my favorite way to get a little dose of Continue Reading