A bit belated but Matilda's race recap from the Fast & Furry 8k is here! (Read her previous recaps HERE, HERE, and HERE.) Matilda's Recap: You haven’t heard from me in a while but I’m back for my one big race of the season, excluding all the times I race across intersections at stop lights; (why? because I win every time.) This would be my fifth year running the Fast and Furry 8K, Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Since I Broke My Leg
It's been 14 weeks since I ran...3 1/2 months! Forever. This has been the longest break that I have ever taken from running since I started distance running 18 years ago. I'm getting closer to recovered but still not there. If you're new to this blog, you can read my story in Runner's World HERE. I was interviewed a few weeks ago for the article. This post, this post, and this post are Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 13 Weeks Post Broken Leg
First things first! The exciting news of the week is that my story about missing the Antarctica Marathon due to a broken leg was featured in Runner's World this week. Read it HERE. I was interviewed a few weeks ago for the article. The writer is a freelancer who I believe found me through this blog! Of course, I would have preferred to NOT have broken my leg and not been in Runner's World, Continue Reading
Guest Post by Matilda the Vizsla: Fast & Furry 8k 2017
Matilda has recapped the Fast & Furry 8k the past two years (read them here: 2015 and 2016). She's back again to share her thoughts on this year's race. Enjoy! Hi all! My name is Matilda Benson and I'm an 8 year-old Hungarian vizsla who LOVES to run. This was the fourth year that I've run the Fast and the Furry 8K, my big race of the year. I ran with Dustin the first two and Jessie at Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: I got in!
Today was the big day: the day I found out if the 4 minutes and 23 seconds under my Boston Qualifying time of 3:40 would be enough to get me into the Boston Marathon. It's no longer enough just to qualify- nope, you need to qualify by a significant margin! It was "Casual for a Cause" day at work; we could pay $5 to dress down. I took advantage of this and wore my London Marathon (Boston Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Back Up and Running!
Hi there! I'm here with my weekly recap; I'm still linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us- details below! So, this week was good because I'm back to running. After a week without it, it felt great to get back to normal. My normal. :) Monday: Easy 4 miles after work around 9:20 min/mile. Yay for running and fall weather! Tuesday: Easy 6 miles before work around 9:20 min/mile. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap and Lots of Vizsla Pictures!
Last week was a big week of training for Grandma's Marathon 2016! Here's how it went: Monday: Morning run: 2 mile warm-up, 8x300m sprints with 90 second recovery, 2 mile cool down. I was supposed to do the 300m sprints at a 6:55 pace. Considering my goal for the TC 1 Mile was a 6:30 min/mile and 300m is much shorter than a mile, this seemed doable, but at 6 am, it felt pretty hard and I often Continue Reading