Happy Labor Day! I hope you had a wonderful weekend- hopefully a long, relaxing one too. Dustin and I spent our weekend at the cabin in northern Wisconsin and it was awesome. Lots of running of course, but plenty of paddle-boarding and relaxing too. And good eating! I brought a few Hello Fresh meals up there to make, which were tasty. The next time we head to the cabin will be when I attend Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & the Minnesota State Fair!
Another week of training for the Richmond Marathon is complete! Here's how it all went down. Monday: 2 mile warmup, 8x300m sprints, 90 second recovery in between each, 2 mile cool down. The 300m repeats were supposed to be at a 7 min/mile pace, but I was closer to a 7:15. 7 miles total. Tuesday:Morning run with my friend Monica, 8:35 average pace, 6.5 miles total. Evening run with Matilda Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: A Cutback Week & Arms/Abs!
Twelve weeks until the Richmond Marathon! There are also only SIX weeks until the Twin Cities Marathon, which I know a lot of you will be running. How is YOUR training going? Are you excited? Please let me know if you are running TCM in the comments so I know to look for you! Here's how my training is going...at least how it went last week! Monday: No running, Arms & Abs class at Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The MDRA 15k
Last Sunday, I ran the MDRA 15k. This race is part of the USATF racing circuit that I participate in with the Calhoun Beach Running Club. There are only two more races left in the racing circuit this season. Unfortunately I won't be participating in either of them. The first is the City of Lakes Half Marathon, which I won't be doing because we are going to Colorado. The second is the TC Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Hot August Running
Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? My goodness, summer flies by, especially when the days are filled with miles and miles of training for the Richmond Marathon! Here's how this past week worked out for training: Monday: We were still up at the cabin on our long weekend with Dustin's family. My workout was 1 mile warm-up, then 2 sets of 3 miles at tempo pace (5 minute break Continue Reading
Training for the Anthem Richmond Marathon
Another week of marathon training in the books. Lots of running this week...and lots of cabin time! Monday: Easy 5 miles in the morning with a few run club friends Tuesday: Easy 5 miles in the morning with Matilda the vizsla, then the Endless Summer Trail Run at Hyland Park. This was a 7 mile trail race (which ended up being more like 7.5 miles- trail races are always “approximate!”). I did Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 16 Weeks Until Richmond!
Happy Wednesday! No, I didn't quit blogging, just got a little behind. You can't get rid of me that easily! Let me catch you up on my weekly recap from last week. I am now 16 weeks away from the Richmond Marathon! Monday: Easy morning 10k with a few run club friends Tuesday: Hill repeats with my run club. I wrote about the particular hill that we train on in this post. It’s on Kenwood Continue Reading