I’m sharing a very short and quick weekly recap of the week leading up to the Houston Marathon that I ran on Sunday, January 20,2019; stop by later this week for my race recap!
Here’s how things went last week:
Monday: Dustin was on a backcountry ski trip with some buddies in Retallack in Canada; I was on my own with Matilda, our vizsla. That meant a bit more running with her to save time! I did 7.5 miles with her after work, with some marathon pace miles in there. 7.5 miles at 8:45 min/mile.
Tuesday: 6 easy miles with my friend Vicki and another coworker before work. 10 min/miles.
Wednesday: 4 miles with Tilda before work. 8 degrees. Brrr! Glad it was a short one.
Thursday: 5 miles with my run club friends Christie and Sara before work; there was a layer of fresh snow on the ground that made me pretty nervous. Fortunately it wasn’t too slippery.
Friday: Rest. I worked from home in the morning before heading to the airport to head to catch a flight to Houston!
Saturday: 4 mile shakeout run with a few strides in Houston.
Dustin and I were in Houston with 4 friends from Minneapolis who were racing the half. It was a fun group and a very fun weekend!
Sunday: 26.2 mile tour of Houston, Texas!
Marathon #30 is complete, state #20.
Summary: 53 miles of running.
When I looked at my Strava data on Saturday before the race, I had run exactly 26.2 miles so far that week, in 4 hours and 2 minutes.
I thought for sure that was a sign from the running gods as to what I would run at the marathon the next day (4 hours 2 minutes).
Stay tuned for my full recap if the Strava premonition came true!
Thanks so much for reading and be sure to check out all the other great weekly recaps that are a part of HoHo Runs and Taking the Long Way Home ‘s weekly recap link-up!
Yay!!!!! I am doing the happy dance right now. Can’t wait to read your recap!!!
Thank you so much Shathiso! You’re so supportive 🙂
YAY! Oh that’s brilliant, you’ve done it! I have something in my eye. What a comeback!
Thanks Liz! So nice of you to support my comeback!
She’s baaack! Congrats! That smile on your face says it all. I’ll be looking for your recap.
Thanks Wendy!
I am dying to know how it went! It’s been so amazing to watch your comeback.
Thank you so much for your support!
You had a great week leading up to the marathon. Also how fun that you were able to travel down to Houston with a few other people from Minneapolis!
Looking forward to your race recap and congratulations on another marathon finish!
It was a really fun weekend! Thanks Kim!
That Strava premonition is so funny!
Looking forward to your recap.
I know, I couldn’t believe I ran exactly 26.2 miles earlier in the week!
woohoo!
And I so love that look on Tilda’s face “mommy you’re abandoning me”
Haha, Tilda’s pretty spoiled 🙂
Huge congrats!!!!! Like you, I know how it feels to come full-circle rallying back from a frustrating setback, and your smile says it all 😉 I”, so excited to hear all the details!!!
Thank you Kim! Exactly, you know what’s its like to come back!
You have a huge smile on your face after the marathon. And, deservedly so! You handled your injury with such patience and grace. What an beautiful way to formally mark the end of this period in your life. I can’t wait to hear the details! Thanks for linking.
Thank you so much for those kind words!
Congrats on state #20 and even moreso for an awesome comeback race! Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Thank you so much Marcia!
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