Hill repeats are an excellent way for runners to build strength and improve their speed. Hills make us better runners. Hills are our friends! Often times a marathon is advertised as "flat" as a reason to register. But some of the best marathons are the hilly ones. The hillier marathons are usually the most beautiful. Embrace the hills by preparing for them! Yet hill workouts aren’t just for Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Two Weeks of Grandma’s Training
Yes, that is snow in the above picture. Winter returned to Minneapolis and made for some colder runs the past two weeks. It definitely was hard to handle after such nice weather earlier this month! Anyways, I missed my weekly recap for the week of March 16-22, so I'm filling you on the past two weeks. Week of March 16-22 Monday: About 7.5 miles with my friend Monica; I met her downtown for a Continue Reading