Eighteen weeks ago, I told you that I had registered for my 20th marathon, the Anthem Richmond Marathon. That marathon is now less than a week away! I'm excited to toe that starting line again and get a 26.2 mile tour of Richmond, Virginia! Here is how the past week of tapering went: Monday: 8x1000m repeats at a "cruise" pace of 7:40. 2 miles to warm-up with my friend Christie and about 3 Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Happy Halloween & Two Weeks Until Richmond!
Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating. I always love Halloween. As you can see from above, I made my costume this year. Homemade for the win! I got the idea from a young trick-or-treater at my house last year who was covered in orange pom-poms. He said he was "cheeseballs!" and I thought, what a great idea- I should do that! So I have been thinking about this Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: A Birthday, Running Camp, & 76 Miles.
I'm behind on my "training for the Richmond Marathon" recaps, so I'm going to share last week really quickly and then move on to this week- my BIG push week! Week of October 5-11: This was a bit of an easier week. I had a global directors' conference at work, all day every day. My coach switched things around a bit, knowing that I wouldn't have as much time for higher mileage with lots of work Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Trucker Hats from Mill City, Deck Removal, and Marathon Training.
Fall is here, but it doesn't feel like it in Minneapolis. We have had above-average temperatures all week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather changes before the Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday! Last week's 70 miles was intense, so I was happy to have a bit less mileage this week. Here's how it all worked out: Monday: 7 miles in the morning with a two run club friends Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day! I hope you had a wonderful weekend- hopefully a long, relaxing one too. Dustin and I spent our weekend at the cabin in northern Wisconsin and it was awesome. Lots of running of course, but plenty of paddle-boarding and relaxing too. And good eating! I brought a few Hello Fresh meals up there to make, which were tasty. The next time we head to the cabin will be when I attend Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Hot August Running
Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? My goodness, summer flies by, especially when the days are filled with miles and miles of training for the Richmond Marathon! Here's how this past week worked out for training: Monday: We were still up at the cabin on our long weekend with Dustin's family. My workout was 1 mile warm-up, then 2 sets of 3 miles at tempo pace (5 minute break Continue Reading
Training for the Anthem Richmond Marathon
Another week of marathon training in the books. Lots of running this week...and lots of cabin time! Monday: Easy 5 miles in the morning with a few run club friends Tuesday: Easy 5 miles in the morning with Matilda the vizsla, then the Endless Summer Trail Run at Hyland Park. This was a 7 mile trail race (which ended up being more like 7.5 miles- trail races are always “approximate!”). I did Continue Reading