Another week of Grandma's Marathon training complete! This week including a short trip to visit my younger sister in Kansas City to meet my new nephew. I had a great time exploring Kansas City for the first time. I especially loved having the opportunity to spend time with Laurie in her first few months as a new mom. Let me back up a bit and tell you how the week went with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Two Weeks of Grandma’s Training
Yes, that is snow in the above picture. Winter returned to Minneapolis and made for some colder runs the past two weeks. It definitely was hard to handle after such nice weather earlier this month! Anyways, I missed my weekly recap for the week of March 16-22, so I'm filling you on the past two weeks. Week of March 16-22 Monday: About 7.5 miles with my friend Monica; I met her downtown for a Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: What’s My Next Marathon?
As you may have guessed from all these travel posts (The Tsukiji Fish Market, Exploring Shibuya, Exploring Hiroshima, Exploring Kyoto Part 1 and Part 2) I didn't do a whole lot of running on our trip to Japan- well, other than the 42 kilometers I ran during the marathon (and a few shakeout runs beforehand). But AFTER the Tokyo Marathon, I took a full week off of working out. I ate what I Continue Reading
Interview with an Elite: Nathan Freeburg of Minneapolis Running
You may recognize Nathan from his blog, Minneapolis Running. I also featured him in this POST about 5 Minnesota Men Who Blog About Running. In the past, I have interviewed Liz Turner and Jenna Boren on TRF, and though technically Nathan is not an “elite” runner, I think he is an inspiring athlete and I thought it would be fun to interview him here! Enjoy! Basic Running Stats about Continue Reading