Happy Friday everyone! I'm writing this post from Sedona, Arizona. We are here for an early Christmas with Dustin's mom/stepdad, as well as his brother & family who will be arriving soon from Japan. We arrived a few days early so that we could spend two nights in Sedona. It's beautiful here! But I know why you're here- you want to know who won the YakTrax Run! I loved reading your Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 11 Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon!
Happy Sunday! It's time for my weekly recap of training for the Phoenix Marathon; only 11 weeks to go! A running friend asked me if my legs felt totally recovered from the Richmond marathon yet (which was just four weeks ago!) Mentally I feel good and excited to be training, but I'm sure there is still some residual fatigue in my legs. In a period of twelve months, I will Continue Reading
Fits Do Product Reviews: Yaktrax Run & A Giveaway!
Training through the winter in a city like Minneapolis is definitely not for the faint of heart. Our winters are cold, dark, and icy. Running outside can be dangerous; I know firsthand the perils of running outside in Minneapolis in the winter. In 2008, I slipped on the ice during a solo morning run. I hobbled back to my house and took a cab to the emergency room only to find out I had broken Continue Reading
Guest Post: An Injury-Prone Runner’s Path to a Strong Marathon
We runners face a multitude of challenges along each of our running journeys- some nutritional, some physical, some mental. Each challenge can be incredibly frustrating- I know. My running club friend Betsy considers herself to be “injury-prone” and has had her own set of challenges, but she recently set a HUGE PR at the Twin Cities Marathon in 2015. She graciously offered to share her running Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 12 Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon!
If you're catching up, check out this post- I registered for the Phoenix Marathon February 27th, which is just 12 weeks away! Training will ramp up quickly with such a short training cycle. Here's how this past week worked out: Monday: 5.5 morning miles in a very intense snowstorm! It's crazy to think that one week before I was running in shorts; then a crazy blizzard! Left: this Monday. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap is BACK!
Weekly training recaps are BACK...why? Because I registered for the Phoenix Marathon! Not to be confused with the Rock n Roll marathon that is also in Phoenix, the Phoenix Marathon is a small marathon on Saturday, February 27th. Yay for Saturday marathons! It's also a (mostly) downhill course and hopefully will be my Boston Qualifier opportunity. I have a few running friends who ran it in Continue Reading
Fits Do “Race” Reviews: The Donut Run 2016
I returned to Minneapolis on Saturday after a lovely Thanksgiving celebration with my family in Wisconsin. I am participating in the Runner's World Run Streak (#RWRunStreak) where you run at least one mile every day from Thanksgiving until New Year's Day (you should join me, it's not too late!) I only had time for my one mile on Saturday before we hit the road back to Minneapolis, so I was Continue Reading