Hello! I’m back from Munich; I attended my first Oktoberfest and it was so much fun…here’s how I fit in marathon training for the Cape Town marathon, which is coming up quickly! Monday: Easy 6.7 miles before work Tuesday: Big workout before work; I had to be in the office, so I took the train into the office, dropped off my bag and ran from there around Hyde park! Warm-up, 3 miles at GMP, 1 Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Four Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
(Look at that happy senior beauty in the above pic! Matilda is still doing great and enjoying her daily walkies in the Heath, bouncing around like a puppy some days!) I'm here as usual with my weekly recap of training for the Cape Town marathon and life in London as an American! Monday: 7 sore recovery miles- that 90 minute strength for running session that I did the day before (combined Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon & Back in the U.S.!
Hi friends! Its time for my weekly recap of training for the Cape Town marathon and life in London! Though this week, I was not actually in London much, I was back in the U.S.! Monday: In NYC for a few days, so of course, I had a morning run in Central Park, 7 miles. I was out there running before sunrise, but there were lots of other runners - and dogs! I believe certain parts of Central Continue Reading
6 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
Hello, hello! I hope everyone had a great week! Here's my recap as usual of training for the Cape Town marathon, which is six weeks away! Monday: Rest from running after the Big Half the day before (which was very fun, though a little warm!) My sister Erin and I went to barre at Barrecore, which was great after the race the day before. Later in the day, we went to Kensington & Chelsea Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
7 weeks until marathon #46! Can't wait to explore Cape Town- and run 42 km of it! Here's how training went this past week: Monday: U.K. bank holiday, so Dustin, Ruth, and I ran together (about 7 miles) and then I jogged to the track to do some 30 sec strides. 8.8 miles total. Followed the run with a pilates reformer class at Psycle Oxford Circus. Tuesday: Run commute and office run with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
This was a much more "normal" week in London for life and training for the Cape Town marathon, after the busy visit with my sister (and the Taylor Swift fun!) Here's how things went down this past week: Monday: Recovery 7 miles after a long run the Sunday before, then Heartcore pilates reformer after work. Tuesday: Intervals on the cinder track! 6x4 minutes at 10k effort with 2 min jog Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 & 10 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
Hello, hello! I sadly missed my recap last week, but I'm here with a quick two week recap of training for the Cape Town marathon in October. Buckle up! Monday: Monday "session": Warm-up, 5x5 minutes at half marathon pace with 90 sec recovery jog in between, cool-down for 8 miles. Tuesday: Run commute with Tina, then the office 5k for 8 miles total before work, easy pilates reformer at TEN Continue Reading