Happy Sunday and welcome to May! I'm so glad spring is in full swing; it's wonderful to run outside without worrying about whether or not the trails will be icy, isn't it? Here's how training went this past week for the Brookings Marathon that I will be running with my sister (her goal is around 4:20-4:25): Monday: 6.65 miles with my friend Christie before work, Discover Strength Continue Reading
Thanksgiving and a Cutback Week
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: 9 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
It's Sunday and weekly recap time! If you only check in on Sundays, be sure to read this review from earlier this week of the SPIBeam hat. It's a great product! I am nine weeks out from the Houston Marathon. Here's how training (and life!) went this past week: Monday: 9 miles on the treadmill in the evening. I had hoped to do this run before work, but without combining it into a run 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
17 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon & Camping at Itasca!
Happy Sunday! We just got home from a fun-filled weekend of camping in Northern Minnesota, and now I'm here with my weekly recap of training for my 30th marathon, the Houston Marathon on January 20th! Here's how training went this week: Monday: Run commute home; I added on a bit to make it 7 miles and ended up running into Dustin out on his run; he took this pic of me with my run 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: 21 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Remember when I used to post here 3-4 times a week? I miss those days! Now I'm happy to just get my weekly recap out. Honestly, it's just harder in the summer to stay inside to write at the computer. I should try to write ALL my posts in the winter and just post them throughout the summer! Well, at least I'm still checking in here once a week with my weekly recap of recovery from my broken Continue Reading