Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I'm linking up as usual with Jess from Jess Runs ATL today with my weekly recap of training for the 3 Bridges Marathon in Little Rock, Arkansas, which is in a few short weeks. (I am also linking up with HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups to Jess's and mine. Check them out!) Settle in, this is a long Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The 2017 TCS New York City Marathon
This past Sunday, I completed my 28th full marathon, the TCS New York City Marathon. It was my 18th state on my quest to run a marathon in all 50 states, and my last of the 6th World Majors. (Chicago: 2011, Berlin: 2013, Tokyo 2015, London 2016, Boston 2017, New York City 2017) All in all, a really fun day, quite the experience! The TCS New York City Marathon is the biggest marathon in the Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Training for the New York City Marathon
As I approach the final few days of training/tapering for the New York City Marathon, I thought it would be fun to look back on the training, week by week. I started "training" for the NYC marathon 18 weeks out, which was 2 weeks after I paced my sister Erin at Grandma's Marathon (if you missed that post, read it here! Oh, how I love pacing friends and family!) 18 weeks- This week Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Two Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Hi all and happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap, linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details below if you want to join our link-up :) (I’m also joining HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out!) There are only TWO weeks-14 days- until I run the New York City Marathon, my 6th World Major; I'm so excited! Here's how training went this past Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 3 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Three weeks until the New York City Marathon; it's so close! I'm linking up as always with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details below, join us! I'm also joining HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! I generally am a morning runner, but I really struggled this week getting up before work. I think part of it was that my normal morning running buddy Christie Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until The New York City Marathon!
Happy Twin Cities Marathon day! If you ran, how did it go? I was out there cheering and it seemed like a great day for a marathon! Speaking of marathons, here's how my training for the New York City Marathon went this past week! (Also- I'm linking up with Jess as normal, details at the end of this post, as well as HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the New York City Marathon. Only 8 weeks to go! Jess and I are hosting our normal weekly link-up; details at the end of this post. I am also linking up with Courtney and HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! Monday: The Victory Labor Day 10k. After a 73 mile week last week, I didn't have high Continue Reading