My first full week back in the United States- woo-hoo! I had a great experience in India, but there's no place like home. And while I struggled to get the training in while I was overseas, it felt great to get back to it this week back in Minneapolis- where it's EASY to be a runner! I'm linking up as always with Jess from Jess Runs ATL, details below. Here's how last week's training for the Continue Reading
Week 4 in India and 11 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!
I made it through another week of marathon training while working in Mumbai! As usual, I'm sharing my weekly recap and linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us! Details below. Monday: After a weekend visiting the Taj Mahal, Dustin and I were back in Mumbai. He joined me for a run on the Worli Sea Face path; we tried to make our way past the primary 2.2km part of the path to a place Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 13 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!
13 weeks until New York City- yikes! I do not feel prepared. Once again, training wasn't spectacular for my second week in India, though I tried my best...work came first. Speaking of work...these puppies at my office. I want to bring them all home :( Monday: I started the week pretty strong, with a 10 mile treadmill run. 2 miles easy, 6 at an 8 min/mile pace, 2 easy. Tuesday: 8 easy on Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: SmartWool Seamless Sports Bra Review
I'm pretty picky about sports bras; well, okay, I'm pretty picky about fitness fashion in general, but definitely sports bras. I have a lot of trouble with chafing and support and am constantly trying out new brands/bras to find the best ones for my running endeavors. I was recently given a SmartWool sports bra to test, (thank you to the great people at Gear Running!) I love SmartWool and Continue Reading
Fits On The Road: Anderson Valley, California
Today's post is a picture-heavy recap of our recent long weekend in Anderson Valley, California. Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region of Northern California, abut 100 miles north of San Francisco; wine country for pinot noir fans! If you plan to visit this area in the future, hopefully this post will be of value to you. (Pin it to Pinterest for future reference!) We flew into San Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon
Three weeks until Grandma’s Marathon... If you’re catching up, I trained hard for the Boston Marathon 6 weeks ago and am now getting ready to pace my sister Erin in Duluth in a few weeks. Her goal is a 4:15, or a 9:40-9:45 min/mile. My recovery since Boston hasn’t been awesome- between a concussion that kept me out of running for a week and now being plagued by some annoying aches and Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Four Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon with my Sister!
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap and happy to share that I'm feeling a lot more normal again, (post-concussion, etc). This week was pretty solid in training, here's how it went; Monday: [solidcore] Tuesday: 4 hot (upper 80's!) miles with Matilda after work. Wednesday: 7.5 miles after work. Around mile 6.5, it started to get really dark and windy. I tried to pick up the pace to Continue Reading