Happy Thanksgiving! I hope those of you that celebrate the holiday had a wonderful long weekend. (If you only check in here for the weekly recap, be sure to check out the final recap post of our recent trip to Norway: "Fits on the Road in Flåm and Oslo!") My holiday weekend coincided with a cutback week in mileage for training for the Houston Marathon (my 30th full at the end of January!) It Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Late again with my weekly recap! But I have a legitimate excuse; I'm on vacation in Denmark/Sweden/Norway! I'll definitely share more on the trip, but let me just recap this past week in training for the Houston Marathon- only 14 weeks to go! Monday: 7.81 miles, 9:35 min/mile pace. It was so hard to get up early after such a fun weekend with my sister Erin and her friend Jen, who were in Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 18 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Hello! I hope you're having a fantastic weekend! Did you watch the footage of the Berlin Marathon? A new world record, so exciting! I ran the Berlin Marathon in 2013. Though it wasn't an awesome race for me, it was still a cool experience. Read all about it HERE. It was my first international marathon and one of the 6 races that got me my 6-star finisher's medal last Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 24 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Hello, hello! It's Sunday, which means I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the Chevron Houston Marathon! This marathon will be my 30th marathon- woo-hoo! It is 24 weeks away- January 20! Plenty of time to get into marathon shape, which is good, as I am building back after 5 months off of running due to a broken tibia/fibula from slipping on the ice in February. Read more here. If Continue Reading
My Favorite Running Gear: Part 1 of a Crowd-Sourced Series
Since I'm not personally able to test out any new running gear these days, I thought this was the perfect time to do a series of posts featuring your favorite running gear. A crowd-sourced series of the best running gear from voices other than just mine! I'm reaching out to all the runners that I know to share their most favorite running gear; it's interesting because I'm already starting to Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Training for the Antarctica Marathon
Cheers to running outside! Though my paces were slower than normal, I got outside for all but 10 out of 60 miles of running. Yay! Here's how this week of training for the Antarctica marathon went: Monday: HUGE blizzard in Minnesota, just as forecasted. I think in the city we received over a foot of snow. It was the most snow in a single day in the past 7 years; it was nuts. It started in the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Two Weeks until London!
I'm a little behind on my week recap! I really enjoy writing these posts, as they give me a chance to reflect back on my training each week. It allows me to see patterns that are working or not working while keeping me accountable. Time to get caught up! Monday: Tempo workout after work: 2 mile warm-up, 4 miles at tempo pace of 7:45, 1 mile cool-down. 7 miles total. Tuesday: 5.5 mile recovery Continue Reading