I have a guest post today from Kate, an athlete I started working with this past summer. You guys are in for a real treat because Kate is an actual writer (unlike yours truly, as I'm sure you've already figured out, ha!) Check out Kate's writing accomplishments on her website, http://www.katehattemer.com She's published multiple books, but today, she's here to tell you about her Continue Reading
Guest Post: My First Ironman by Paige
I have a fun guest post for you today from my friend Paige and her recap of racing Ironman Wisconsin this past September. Enjoy! Hi Everyone! If you recall, I wrote a guest post for Jessie last year sharing my running through pregnancy and the start of my return-to-running postpartum, (re-read that post HERE!) Remember how I ended being first female overall during the Ironman Continue Reading
Guest Post by Matilda: Fast and Furry 8k 2018
A bit belated but Matilda's race recap from the Fast & Furry 8k is here! (Read her previous recaps HERE, HERE, and HERE.) Matilda's Recap: You haven’t heard from me in a while but I’m back for my one big race of the season, excluding all the times I race across intersections at stop lights; (why? because I win every time.) This would be my fifth year running the Fast and Furry 8K, Continue Reading
Guest Post: My Experience Running Through Pregnancy
I have a guest post for you today from my friend Paige. I met Paige through social media/the blog/the running community awhile back and then actually met her "IRL" this past year- she's awesome, and a very talented runner! I followed her on Strava throughout her pregnancy and was amazed by how much (and how fast!) she continued to run, so I asked her to share her experience with you guys. I know Continue Reading
Guest Post: The 2017 Stockholm Marathon
I have a guest post today from my good friend Lindsey, who recently ran the Stockholm Marathon! If you've been reading the blog for a long time, you might remember when Dustin and I went to Sweden in 2012 to get my Volvo (read about it here, here, and here!) I LOVED Sweden and was so excited to hear more about Lindsey's experience with the marathon there as I'd like to run it someday. Here is Continue Reading
Guest Post by Matilda the Vizsla: Fast & Furry 8k 2017
Matilda has recapped the Fast & Furry 8k the past two years (read them here: 2015 and 2016). She's back again to share her thoughts on this year's race. Enjoy! Hi all! My name is Matilda Benson and I'm an 8 year-old Hungarian vizsla who LOVES to run. This was the fourth year that I've run the Fast and the Furry 8K, my big race of the year. I ran with Dustin the first two and Jessie at 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