Hello, hello! I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the Houston Marathon, which is 7 weeks away! These next few weeks will be 'peak' training time for the race. It's getting a bit intense! Here's how training went this past week: Monday: 9 miles at a 9:08 min/mile, run commute to work. The trails were clear, though it was quite chilly (in the teens.) I was able to fit in a vinyasa Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Running Through 2017
Throughout the year, I consistently shared my weekly recaps of training. But it's also fun at the end of a year to reflect on the year as a 'whole.' So much more happened than I realized: four full marathons, many shorter races from 1 mile and up, lots of travel and adventure; quite a year! So I figured I would share a YEAR recap; I hope you enjoy this long (and a bit self-indulgent) post, Continue Reading
Holiday Celebrations & 1 Week Until the 3 Bridges Marathon
Hello there! How are things? I'd say that things are a bit busy over here, and I've been slacking a bit on my blogging. But I'm happy to have these weekly recap posts to keep me accountable! I'm still settling in at my new job and the holidays are always busy. I'm sure things will slow down and I'll be writing more here again soon. Until then, I'll still be linking up with Jess from Jess Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Training for the New York City Marathon
As I approach the final few days of training/tapering for the New York City Marathon, I thought it would be fun to look back on the training, week by week. I started "training" for the NYC marathon 18 weeks out, which was 2 weeks after I paced my sister Erin at Grandma's Marathon (if you missed that post, read it here! Oh, how I love pacing friends and family!) 18 weeks- This week Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until The New York City Marathon!
Happy Twin Cities Marathon day! If you ran, how did it go? I was out there cheering and it seemed like a great day for a marathon! Speaking of marathons, here's how my training for the New York City Marathon went this past week! (Also- I'm linking up with Jess as normal, details at the end of this post, as well as HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them Continue Reading
Guest Post: The 2017 Stockholm Marathon
I have a guest post today from my good friend Lindsey, who recently ran the Stockholm Marathon! If you've been reading the blog for a long time, you might remember when Dustin and I went to Sweden in 2012 to get my Volvo (read about it here, here, and here!) I LOVED Sweden and was so excited to hear more about Lindsey's experience with the marathon there as I'd like to run it someday. Here is Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 18 Weeks Until The New York City Marathon
I'm a day late with my weekly recap- so sorry! We spent the holiday weekend at Dustin's family's cabin and the internet service there is not great. I hope you all can link up still with Jess and me. Details below! Here's how my week of training for the New York City Marathon 2017 went: Monday: 7 morning miles with my friends Lindsey and Christie. Barre after work at the Barre Continue Reading