With our trip to Colorado last weekend, I missed my weekly recap on Sunday. Here is a recap of Grandma's Marathon training from the past two weeks...it included quite a bit of running! Week of April 27- May 3 Monday: 7 easy miles with the run club Tuesday: I was stuck at work late this night and didn't start running until 7:45 pm. It was hard to get motivated but I knew I had to get it done. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until Grandma’s Marathon!
Looking for some spring running gear? Check out some tips from yours truly and a few other local runners in this post from Minneapolis Running. Let me know if you have any other spring running tips, I'd love to hear them! I'm so excited for my running friends who are out in Boston for tomorrow's race! There are about 15 people from my running club there this year, and I'm hoping they all have Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & Running in Kansas City, MO
Another week of Grandma's Marathon training complete! This week including a short trip to visit my younger sister in Kansas City to meet my new nephew. I had a great time exploring Kansas City for the first time. I especially loved having the opportunity to spend time with Laurie in her first few months as a new mom. Let me back up a bit and tell you how the week went with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Double Runs?!?
You read that title correctly. Double runs. Scary! I am sure some of you think that double runs are the most ridiculous thing ever, especially for a girl with a marathon PR of 3:54. I mean, what possible reasons would there be for a middle-of-the-pack runner like me to do two runs a day? I had the same questions when my coach Antonio put them on my schedule. I was definitely not on board at Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: The Tokyo Marathon is in 7 Weeks!!!
I am here with my weekly fitness recaps from the last two weeks. Sorry for the delay. I'm sure you were waiting with bated breath to see how my Tokyo marathon training is going, right? No? Ha! Well, here you go. Week of 12/22 through 12/28 Monday On the treadmill: 2 mile warm up, then 15 min x 10 min x 5 minutes with 5 minutes recovery between each set. 1 mile cool down. For the 15 minutes- Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Some lowlights and highlights from week 3 in Singapore.
Week 3 in Singapore is complete! That means I'm halfway done with my assignment here. Let me fill you in on how things went.. Monday: 8.75 miles on the treadmill, 1.5 miles warm-up then 15 sets of 0.62 (i.e. 1000 m) at 7:55 pace with 1 minute rest in between , 1.5 mile cool-down Tuesday: Easy 7.25 mile run along the river Wednesday: Hills! I went to Fort Canning and found a very steep Continue Reading
Weekly Recap of Week 2 in Singapore: Fitness and Food!
Week two in Singapore is complete. I survived! Apparently, I’m not even missing that cold of a time right now in Minneapolis either. Dustin tells me that it’s downright balmy! Week two in Singapore also marks Week FOUR of training with my new coach for the Tokyo Marathon. Only 10 weeks to go. Japan will be here FAST! So, first things first, let me fill you in on how fitness went here in Continue Reading