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Weekly Recap: The Week of the Brookings Marathon

May 12, 2019 By Jessie Benson 20 Comments

Happy Sunday! I'm here with a short recap of the week before the Brookings Marathon, which I ran with my sister yesterday. (Dustin ran it too- his 4th marathon in 5 months!) I'll be back later this week with a full recap of the race! Monday: Track Monday! 3 mile warm-up to get to the track, then 1x800m with 400m recovery, then 4x200m fast with 200m recovery, 1x800m again, and 2 mile cool-down. 8 Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 2 Weeks Until the Brookings Marathon

April 28, 2019 By Jessie Benson 26 Comments

Happy Sunday! It was a fun week of training over here for the Brookings Marathon, which is in two weeks. I will be running with my sister Erin to hopefully pace her to a PR!  Here's how training went this week: Monday: 7 miles with Christie before work with some strides in there. Discover Strength (strength training class) after work. Tuesday: 3 mile warm-up, 4x(800m with 400m recovery), 400m jog, Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: What’s Next?

April 7, 2019 By Jessie Benson 27 Comments

The theme of this blog has been Antarctica for so long...so, what's next? Well..what's next will probably be a few more posts about our trip to Antarctica! I can't help it, it was the trip of a lifetime and I'm not yet done oversharing. If you're catching up, you can read about the actual Antarctica marathon HERE, then the non-Antarctica parts of the trip HERE, and then the first of a few posts Continue Reading

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