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Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

July 13, 2025 By Jessie Benson 3 Comments

9 weeks until marathon #48! It was an interesting week; here's how training went! Monday: Rest from running, easy Pilates reformer at Ten near my office (more traditional style pilates vs. Heartcore which is dynamic; still valuable, just different!) Tuesday: Short speed session in the morning: warm-up, 5x5 minutes moderate/hard with 2 min jog in between, cool-down. Good morning to the Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 10 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

July 6, 2025 By Jessie Benson 18 Comments

After a busy week of hosting my sister Erin I enjoyed a bit of a low-key week, trying to make the most of London summer while also training for the Dingle marathon on September 6. And can you believe it's already July! Summer goes too fast.. Here's how training went this past week! Monday: Rest from running, pilates reformer at Heartcore after work. Tuesday: Run commute + office run, 7.5 Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 12 and 11 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

June 29, 2025 By Jessie Benson 23 Comments

Hello! I missed my weekly recap last week as my sister was visiting from Chicago; we packed so much into her visit, even though, yes, she's been here to visit multiple times, and yes, she was here right after my mother-in-law, ha! She came specifically to see Brandi Carlile at the Royal Albert Hall (and then we filled in the rest of her time with lots of other stuff!) Here's how training Continue Reading

13 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

June 15, 2025 By Jessie Benson 24 Comments

It was a busy week over here. but not because of marathon training...lots of other activities were pulling for my time and energy! Here's how training went this past week. Monday: Short speed session: 2 x (4-3-2-1) minutes with 2 min jog in between, 8 miles total. Dustin brought some clothes back that I had left in Minneapolis- including this "OPE Running" tank; it was a local Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

June 8, 2025 By Jessie Benson 22 Comments

Come along while I train for my 48th marathon, the Dingle marathon in Dingle, Ireland on September 6th! Here's how training (and life in London) went this past week: Monday: Fartlek workout, 7 miles total I tested out the Bandit Stamina top; it is very supportive and has multiple pockets (big enough to fit a phone!) 5 stars! Tuesday: Rest from running, personal training session at Continue Reading

15 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon

June 1, 2025 By Jessie Benson 26 Comments

Hello! I'm still here, just lazy about blogging... My last post was a recap of the Paris marathon, so its been a little while but I plan to recap my marathon training as usual and re-connect with this great community! (I did share a very short post about our time in Reims, in case helpful to anyone planning a trip there!) I'm now building back into training for the Dingle (Ireland) Continue Reading

Fits on the Road: Champagne Tasting in Reims

May 31, 2025 By Jessie Benson 2 Comments

On April 13th, I ran the Paris marathon. After the race, my sister and her husband and Dustin and I added on a few days champagne tasting in France. Here is a summary of that trip! On Monday morning after the marathon, we were up early to uber to the train station (Gare du Nord) for a 7:30 am train from Paris to Reims. We had tickets for the direct route, which was only 45 minutes. Reims is Continue Reading

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June 2025 was brilliant 🤩 . Beyoncé, theatre, June 2025 was brilliant 🤩 
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Beyoncé, theatre, visitors, hiking, eating, running, sunshine, London. And we are selling our house 😳  Moving onto July! 
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#london #exploringlondon #visitors #expat #aevensisters
Another post of pics from @emariecan.run.travel.re Another post of pics from @emariecan.run.travel.read ‘s visit! Hampstead parkrun, pub lunch at Spaniards Inn, hiking Seven Sisters 😍 and some West End theatre. 🎭 Come back any time friend 💝 
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#london #unitedkingdom #sevensisters #hike #sisters #visitors #londonliving #benjaminbutton
First post of a few to put @emariecan.run.travel.r First post of a few to put @emariecan.run.travel.read ‘s recent visit on the grid! She arrived Wednesday (I had to work, but we did pop up to the Hampstead high street for a crepe!), dinner at Mallow (plant based restaurant at Borough Market, five stars! 🌟) followed by a singalong at the Room Where It Happens, a morning trail run through the Heath extension, Highgate Cemetery tour, dinner at Lost Souls pizza 🍕, a morning run along the Thames followed by the National Portrait Gallery & Selfridges (mostly for Jelly Cats for my niece), and then an incredible Brandi Carlile “gig” at the Royal Albert Hall (with an Elton John spotting …love it when she visits 🥰
My mother-in-law came over from 🇺🇸 for the f My mother-in-law came over from 🇺🇸 for the first time since we moved here 3 years ago; it was lovely to host her and show her a bit of London life 💛
May 2025 highlights: a trip to Wales to support Du May 2025 highlights: a trip to Wales to support Dustin running a 50km trail race, (hiked Snowdonia solo while he ran), “Bark Jacobs” with Ruthie, runs with friends, including a run to see all the Chelsea In Bloom flowers, “Here we are” at the National theatre, Ruth’s 6th birthday at the movies 🍿, Hackney rooftop saunas  and more walks in the Heath. Chill but great month 💕
#wales #snowdonia #utmb #vizslas #ruth #phoenicianscheme #barkjacobs #chelseainbloom
April 2025 highlights! Paris marathon followed by April 2025 highlights! Paris marathon followed by a few nights in Reims tasting champagne, an Easter weekend in Norfolk (UK), cheering for friends at the London marathon…and dogs of course. Always dogs! 🐶 
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#england #london #vizsla #expat #reims #parismarathon #norfolk
Marathon #47, the 2025 Paris Marathon! . It was m Marathon #47, the 2025 Paris Marathon! 
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It was my “PW” time in quite a while (except the wine marathon in Médoc but that doesn’t really count 😆) but after taking several weeks off at an important time of the training block due to a tendon injury (and battling a cold on race day 🤧) I am still proud of myself and happy to have completed another marathon.  Thanks to @donalmorancoaching for coaching me through the injury (I’m the first to admit I’m terrible when injured 😑- he’s very patient and thoughtful with his guidance)
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Paris is a lovely course, showing off the best parts of the city with brilliant crowd support, good weather (maybe a little warm), followed by a few days in Reims for champagne tasting with @dustinrbenson & @emariecantu made for a memorable experience with lots of laughs 🥳
“Spring will come and so will happiness.” . . “Spring will come and so will happiness.”
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March in London was actually sunny and warm(ish), making up for the dreary months prior (weather-wise and mentally!)
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Started the month with a day trip to hike Seven Sisters (so pretty!), a cautious return to running, a colour analysis (I’m a cool summer!) flowers, birds, a bit more running…and an official extension of our visas, guess we are here for a few more years 🥳
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#londonexpat #clouranalysis #london #northlondon #londonrunning #thebigegghunt #parismarathon
February 2025: Started with a lot of running (too February 2025: Started with a lot of running (too much?), a Paul Mescal play (so-so), a Rami Malek play (incredible!) a rainy Taylor themed 5k, but ended with a strained (torn) soleus muscle which presented as Achilles pain at the insertion point. Two weeks off of running (so far), physio, dry needling, shockwave therapy, and sports massage…I’m not sure if I’ll be running the Paris marathon in a few weeks but I’m doing all the spin (Psycle) and pilates (Heartcore) to try to retain a bit of fitness but another bummer month in the sh*tshow year of 2025.
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But…in dog news, Ruth is getting all the love as an only child and lots of local adventures and walkies! 💙
January 2025. Started off really rough with saying January 2025. Started off really rough with saying goodbye to my best friend Matilda…there was some running, some races, a work trip to NYC, & a snowboarding trip to Switzerland. But happy to put this month behind me. On to February…
Snowboarding 🏂 in Verbier, Switzerland for 4 da Snowboarding 🏂 in Verbier, Switzerland for 4 days was lovely ☺️ 
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 Back in London for awhile now.
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#switzerland #verbier #alps #snowboarding #winterfun #4vallees
Matilda, I will miss you every day of the rest of Matilda, I will miss you every day of the rest of my life.
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