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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

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

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

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

The Week of the Tromso Marathon! (i.e. the Midnight Sun Marathon!) Race week is always a little bit of a weird one- mentally and physically! Here's how it went down! So, my last marathon was the Barcelona marathon on March 10, which was a blast, and Dustin's last marathon was the London marathon on April 21 (he's still working on a guest post!) We decided to register for Tromso Continue Reading

Hello! I'm currently publishing this post on Sunday, June 16, which marks one week to go until the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromso, Norway. The race will be held next Saturday, June 22 at 8:30 pm Central European Summer time (GMT +2.) This is my recap of training from two weeks out- here's how things progressed! Monday: Rest from running, core and upper body strength at home after work. My Continue Reading

This was my last big week of training for the Tromso marathon; next week will be the taper. My new coach Donal does a shorter taper- just two weeks. Its different than what I have done in the past, but I'm willing to give it a try! Here's how my last big week went! Monday: My sister Emily was still in London with her two daughters and her husband. They stayed with us on the weekend, then Continue Reading