Random things I like and dislike about living in London: 6 month edition! *I’m linking up with Marcia’s Healthy Slice for her January “Runfessions”- this post isn’t exactly all runfessions but some are running related! As of January 27, I will have been living in London for 6 months. If you’re new here, my husband and I (plus our two vizsla dogs Ruth & Matilda) relocated here from Continue Reading

Hello friends! I hope you had a wonderful week. This is my weekly recap of training/life in London. My next marathon is in 13 weeks, which will be the Vienna Marathon. Monday: Rest from running! With over 50 miles of running the week before, I needed a rest day anyways, and I woke up to pouring rain and appreciated the option to snooze instead. After work, I completed day 26, leg day, on Iron Continue Reading

Hello from London! This is my weekly recap of training for my next marathon, which will be the Vienna marathon on April 23rd. It was a very rainy week in London (that's the norm for winter here!) but it was usually warm enough for shorts still, which is a treat for this Minnesota transplant. Here's how training went this past week! Monday: Easy 7 miles before work. Day 24 of Iron Strength/ Continue Reading

After the holidays and a trip to Finland, this was a pretty low-key week in London for me! Technically this was also the kickoff of a 16-week training block for the Vienna marathon on April 23, i.e. the race is 15 weeks from today! It was a great time to buckle down and refocus on training. Here's how things went: Monday: New Year's Day holiday, which meant Dustin decided to run with me, 7 Continue Reading

I'm back! I missed my recap last week, but I'm going to quickly zip through a training recap. You can also read all about my recent trip to Lapland (Northern Finland) on this post. Check it out! Training has been a bit secondary to travel, but I'm now 16 weeks out from Vienna and ready to get a bit more focused! Here's how things have been going: Week of Dec. 19-25Monday: 7 mile run before Continue Reading

This post is a summary of my recent trip to Levi, Finland. Our friends from Minnesota had this trip planned before we told them we were moving to London, so they invited us to join them! Levi is in Lapland, which is in northern Finland, above the Arctic Circle! Friday, December 23: We flew from London to Kittila via Helsinki on Finnish Air. Our first leg on Finnish Air was great and I was Continue Reading

Last week, it was pictures of the Christmas decor in London- this week, it's pictures of the Christmas snow! Apparently, it hasn't snowed like this here in many years. I guess I brought the bad weather from Minnesota! The snow made running a little challenging this week (kinda missed my treadmill, just a little!), but I still got out there. Here's my weekly recap! Monday: Rest day from Continue Reading