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Week 4 in India and 11 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!

August 20, 2017 By Jessie Benson 13 Comments

I made it through another week of marathon training while working in Mumbai! As usual, I'm sharing my weekly recap and linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us! Details below. Monday: After a weekend visiting the Taj Mahal, Dustin and I were back in Mumbai. He joined me for a run on the Worli Sea Face path; we tried to make our way past the primary 2.2km part of the path to a place Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 13 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!

August 7, 2017 By Jessie Benson 5 Comments

13 weeks until New York City- yikes! I do not feel prepared. Once again, training wasn't spectacular for my second week in India, though I tried my best...work came first. Speaking of work...these puppies at my office. I want to bring them all home :( Monday:  I started the week pretty strong, with a 10 mile treadmill run. 2 miles easy, 6 at an 8 min/mile pace, 2 easy. Tuesday: 8 easy on Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon, a.k.a. My First Week in India

July 31, 2017 By Jessie Benson 14 Comments

Hello from the tail-end of my  first week in Mumbai! I feel like I have so much to share, but I don't want this post to be a novel. I'm going to try to focus on just my marathon training, and save more travel/India information for separate posts. (Actually I started writing this on Sunday night and literally fell asleep at my computer, so I'm  finishing it up now on Monday night, beginning Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 15 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon

July 23, 2017 By Jessie Benson 21 Comments

Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap, as always. Join Jess and me for our link-up, details at the end of this post. Here's how training went this week for the New York City Marathon! Monday: Track time! I met my friends Lindsey and Ryan at a local track for some 200m repeats. I was surprised my coach had 200m on my schedule the day after the Raspberry Run 1 mile, but I suppose since I Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 16 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!

July 16, 2017 By Jessie Benson 9 Comments

Happy Sunday everyone! Thanks for stopping by. I'm here today with my weekly recap of training for the New York City Marathon on November 5th. If you're new to this blog, welcome! If you're a fellow blogger, join Jess from Jess Runs ATL and me for our weekly link-up of training recaps, a link-up for us to keep each other motivated! Details at the bottom of this post: Monday: I did my run Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 17 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon

July 9, 2017 By Jessie Benson 10 Comments

Summer is in full swing over here! Today's weekly recap post is full of pictures of summer fun here at the Right Fits, mixed in with some training for the New York City Marathon. Monday: I ran 7 miles with Dustin at the cabin, 8:40 min/mile pace; he went on for another 7 for his long run and definitely negative split that run :) Tuesday: Still at the cabin and I had a workout to do: 2 mile Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 18 Weeks Until The New York City Marathon

July 3, 2017 By Jessie Benson 8 Comments

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

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