Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating. I always love Halloween. As you can see from above, I made my costume this year. Homemade for the win! I got the idea from a young trick-or-treater at my house last year who was covered in orange pom-poms. He said he was "cheeseballs!" and I thought, what a great idea- I should do that! So I have been thinking about this Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: A Birthday, Running Camp, & 76 Miles.
I'm behind on my "training for the Richmond Marathon" recaps, so I'm going to share last week really quickly and then move on to this week- my BIG push week! Week of October 5-11: This was a bit of an easier week. I had a global directors' conference at work, all day every day. My coach switched things around a bit, knowing that I wouldn't have as much time for higher mileage with lots of work Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & Cheering for the Twin Cities Marathon 2015
Welcome to October, my favorite month of the year! October represents so many wonderful things to me- my birthday, our wedding anniversary, marathons (especially the Twin Cities Marathon!), fantastic running weather, all things fall- pumpkins, apple picking, (#sobasic)- I could go on and on about all the reasons I love October. It's seriously my favorite month and it's off to a great start so far. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Trucker Hats from Mill City, Deck Removal, and Marathon Training.
Fall is here, but it doesn't feel like it in Minneapolis. We have had above-average temperatures all week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather changes before the Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday! Last week's 70 miles was intense, so I was happy to have a bit less mileage this week. Here's how it all worked out: Monday: 7 miles in the morning with a two run club friends Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the Richmond Marathon
I'm behind on my weekly recaps! I know that these recap posts aren't my most popular type of posts, but personally I enjoy writing them. I like reflecting back on my training each week and documenting it all down here. So stick with me please :) September 7-13: Monday: Labor Day! We were at the cabin, so Dustin joined me for my tempo run. I had 2 miles to warm-up, then 6 miles at a tempo Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & the Minnesota State Fair!
Another week of training for the Richmond Marathon is complete! Here's how it all went down. Monday: 2 mile warmup, 8x300m sprints, 90 second recovery in between each, 2 mile cool down. The 300m repeats were supposed to be at a 7 min/mile pace, but I was closer to a 7:15. 7 miles total. Tuesday:Morning run with my friend Monica, 8:35 average pace, 6.5 miles total. Evening run with Matilda Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Hot August Running
Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? My goodness, summer flies by, especially when the days are filled with miles and miles of training for the Richmond Marathon! Here's how this past week worked out for training: Monday: We were still up at the cabin on our long weekend with Dustin's family. My workout was 1 mile warm-up, then 2 sets of 3 miles at tempo pace (5 minute break Continue Reading