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Guest Post: Pacing My Wife to Her First Boston Qualifier

March 22, 2016 By Jessie Benson 16 Comments

By Dustin Benson So I agreed to spend three wonderful hours and thirty+ potentially more dramatic minutes pacing my wife to qualify for Boston at the Phoenix Marathon.  Should you find yourself in a similar situation, I bet you'd like to know how to handle it. Why? I was very fortunate to have a successful race last fall at the Richmond (VA) Marathon.  We had great weather, my Continue Reading

Fits Do Race Reviews: The Phoenix Marathon

March 1, 2016 By Jessie Benson 47 Comments

Marathon #21 complete! State #16 checked off the list. On Saturday, February 27, I completed my 21st marathon, the BMO Harris Phoenix Marathon (i.e. often referred to as the "Mesa Marathon," and not to be confused with the Rock n Roll Phoenix Marathon) We flew into Phoenix Friday morning, arriving around noon. We headed straight to the expo. Expo: The marathon expo was held on Friday, February Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: The Things You Can’t Control.

February 21, 2016 By Jessie Benson 16 Comments

Here I am, one week out for the Phoenix Marathon. My goal race. So, one week before the marathon, you're supposed to relax, enjoy the taper, try not to stress, stick to your normal routine... This week was basically the opposite of that. No routine. Lots of stress. Not a lot of relaxing. We had to be out of our house to have our floors refinished. (They look fantastic, btw!). We spent Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Two Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon

February 15, 2016 By Jessie Benson 6 Comments

I still love running; I'm just not "in love" with running. That about sums up this week. If you recall, last week was a big one- it was my peak week with 76 miles. I loved running last week. But this week? It kinda lost its charm. The incredibly cold windy weather meant that I was on the treadmill basically the whole week. And of course, my body was tired from the previous week. And I had the Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon

February 8, 2016 By Jessie Benson 7 Comments

WOW. What a week. It was my peak week in training and I survived. Barely! Here's how it went. Monday: 1,000m repeats at a "cruise" pace, i.e. 7:40 min/mile. 2 miles to warm-up, 8x1000m with a 1 minute recovery jog in between, 2 miles to cool-down. 9 miles total. I ran this with Matilda the vizsla and when we got to the point in the route where we would usually turn for our normal 7 mile route, Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 4 Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon!

February 2, 2016 By Jessie Benson 4 Comments

Last week, I mentioned that my work trip was cancelled as I was needed in Minneapolis and it was good I was here! Work definitely was the focus last week as it was very busy; I was challenged with trying to fit in the running where I could. There was not a lot of time to focus on my marathon training- not a lot of time for double runs- or even single runs! Morning running was no longer optional Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: Five Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon

January 24, 2016 By Jessie Benson Leave a Comment

Starting off this post with a gratuitous picture of Matilda the vizsla. You guys said you wanted more, right? Actually, thanks for all your comments on my naysayers post. I am glad that there are people who find value here! And I definitely don't want to discourage commenters from sharing their opinions- I do welcome a 'healthy' debate, I swear. But it felt good to put it all out there and 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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