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
Guest Post: Racing the London Marathon 2024
I have a guest post from Dustin about his experience running the London Marathon in 2024, his 2nd London marathon and 45th marathon! By Dustin Benson After a long blog hiatus, I’m back with an admittedly very much belated recap of my 2024 London Marathon. After procuring a good for age time at the Amsterdam marathon in the fall of 2022, I decided to seize the opportunity to run my new Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Midnight Sun Marathon 2024
On Saturday, June 22 (and, well into Sunday, June 23 due to the timing!) I ran my 45th marathon, the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromso, Norway. The Midnight Sun Marathon was one of the most beautiful marathons that I have ever run. It was absolutely surreal running at night under a FULL sun! I spent several miles just thinking to myself "what IS this beautiful world?? Is this Continue Reading