Hello, hello! I hope everyone had a great week! Here's my recap as usual of training for the Cape Town marathon, which is six weeks away! Monday: Rest from running after the Big Half the day before (which was very fun, though a little warm!) My sister Erin and I went to barre at Barrecore, which was great after the race the day before. Later in the day, we went to Kensington & Chelsea Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 7 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
7 weeks until marathon #46! Can't wait to explore Cape Town- and run 42 km of it! Here's how training went this past week: Monday: U.K. bank holiday, so Dustin, Ruth, and I ran together (about 7 miles) and then I jogged to the track to do some 30 sec strides. 8.8 miles total. Followed the run with a pilates reformer class at Psycle Oxford Circus. Tuesday: Run commute and office run with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
This was a much more "normal" week in London for life and training for the Cape Town marathon, after the busy visit with my sister (and the Taylor Swift fun!) Here's how things went down this past week: Monday: Recovery 7 miles after a long run the Sunday before, then Heartcore pilates reformer after work. Tuesday: Intervals on the cinder track! 6x4 minutes at 10k effort with 2 min jog Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 & 10 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
Hello, hello! I sadly missed my recap last week, but I'm here with a quick two week recap of training for the Cape Town marathon in October. Buckle up! Monday: Monday "session": Warm-up, 5x5 minutes at half marathon pace with 90 sec recovery jog in between, cool-down for 8 miles. Tuesday: Run commute with Tina, then the office 5k for 8 miles total before work, easy pilates reformer at TEN Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 11 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
Hello! I hope you're staying cool in the hot August sun! Here's how training for the Cape Town marathon went this past week: Monday: A Monday "session" with some marathon paced intervals, 4x5 minutes with a 2 minute jog in between. 8 miles total. Core (dead bug) and upper body after work (Caroline Girvan.) Tuesday: Run commute, 4.5 miles, + run in Hyde park for another 4.5, 9 miles total. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 12 Weeks Until the Cape Town Marathon
Hello again! If you missed it, I shared a guest post this week by Dustin about his training and experience running the London marathon back in April! A bit delayed, but that's okay! Go give it some love 😊 I also shared a recap of our recent hiking trip on the Tour Mont Blanc. Check that one out HERE! Before that, my last post was my recap of the Midnight Sun Marathon, which was my Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Hiking the TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc)
Dustin and I recently returned from a trip to Switzerland (and France and Italy- the Tour Mont Blanc goes through all 3 countries!) We were joined by our friends Vicki and Nate from Minnesota (in the USA.) Vicki and I had been chatting about hiking the TMB since Dustin and I first moved to London. Her and her husband met a woman in Jackson Hole (Wyoming) who recommended Macs Continue Reading