Hello! Can you believe it's already August 16th? This month is flying by...here's how this past week went in fitness/training: Monday: We had some horrible storms Sunday night (not as bad as Iowa- eeks!) so I had trouble getting up early after a terrible night of little sleep. I only had time for a quick 4 miler with Ruth, 8:40 min/mile pace. After work, I did a virtual 1:1 session with Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Change of Plans
You read that correctly; I'm no longer counting down weeks until the Patagonia marathon. Now it's the FARGO marathon. Note quite the same...a bit disappointing, but not entirely surprising. Our September Patagonia trip and marathon won't be happening this year. The country of Chile renewed their travel ban for another 90 days, so it's not an option at this time. With Patagonia off the Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The 2020 Atlanta Marathon
On Sunday, March 1, 2020, I ran my 34th full marathon and checked Georgia off the list in my quest to run a marathon in every state, by completing the Publix Atlanta Marathon. (See a list of all the states I've completed so far HERE.) One of the reasons that I chose the Atlanta Marathon is because my husband and I were already considering going to Atlanta to watch the Olympic Marathon Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 2 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon
Two weeks until my 34th marathon, 23rd state, and first marathon of 2020! In terms of a goal for Atlanta, I think I'll aim for something around 4 hours. I won't be racing Atlanta (as I did Indianapolis, my last marathon.) I've done plenty of miles (hit 70 last week!) but the workouts and the focus has not been on a PR, but rather just to finish 26.2 with a smile. I know that Atlanta is a Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 3 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon
Well, I made it through my biggest week of training for the Atlanta Marathon, which will be here on March 1! Marathon training in February in Minneapolis definitely isn't easy. But having the biggest week behind me is a relief; even if I have to do a lot of runs during the taper on the treadmill, I think I'll make it! Here's how training went this past week! Monday: 9.5 miles on the Continue Reading
5 Weeks Until the Atlanta Marathon!
5 weeks until March 1 (so...almost spring??) That means 5 weeks until the Atlanta marathon (and cheering for the Olympic trials the day before!) Here's how training went this past week: Monday: I had the day off from work, so I met up with my friends Christie and Julie for a run at 8 am. They only wanted to run six miles, so I ran to the Calhoun Beach Club to meet up with them, ran 6 Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: A bit of a hiccup in training…
Ruth seems to be asking, "how do you turn this thing on?" I am now 7 weeks out from the Atlanta marathon, which would normally mean a pretty long run and some serious workouts. But instead, I barely ran at all this week.... What? Why no running?As I mentioned in last week's recap, I started having some shin pain early in the week of New Year's. Last Friday, I took an unplanned rest day and Continue Reading