We have safely arrived in Tokyo! Our flight left Minneapolis around 11:30 am on Wednesday. There were a lot of marathoners on our flight. We could tell by their conversations and also by their shoes. We landed in Tokyo around 3:30 pm on Thursday. It's a 13 hour direct flight, but the 15 hour time difference meant that we basically lost a day but we'll gain it back on the return! We took Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 days until the Tokyo Marathon.
Happy President's Day! I hope you were able to enjoy a nice 3-day weekend. Here we are, just a week before the Tokyo Marathon. Actually, I have less than a week. The race is Sunday morning at 9 am, but since Tokyo is 15 hours ahead of Minneapolis, I'll be starting my 26.2 mile tour of Japan's capital city at 6 pm (for most of you) next Saturday night. I will of course bring my laptop with me Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Two Weeks Until the Tokyo Marathon
The countdown is on! Only 10 days until we head to Japan and 14 days until the Tokyo Marathon. Here's how my training went down this past week: Monday: 1 mile repeats. I did this workout on the treadmill as it was quite cold and slippery outside. 2 mile warmup, 4 x 1 mile on, 2 minute recovery between miles, 2 mile cooldown. The miles were at a 7:45 pace which was supposed to feel easy. It Continue Reading
Week 10 of Training for the Tokyo Marathon & Sound Probiotics
Remember this post, when I first announced that I would be running the Tokyo Marathon? It was a week before the Outer Banks Marathon. It seems like ages ago! On November 9th, I ran the Outer Banks Marathon after which I took 2 weeks off from training. Then I dove right back in to preparing for the Tokyo Marathon. Now I am on week 10 of training with only 3 weeks left to go! Here's how Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & RockTape for IT Band Pain
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my normal weekly recap of training for the Tokyo Marathon. This was a big week for me, though I'm not in the taper quite yet. In the past, I would taper for three weeks, but my running coach is having me taper for only two weeks. I have a cutback week next week in mileage and then one more big week before a 2-week taper. I'm not sure how I feel about a 2-week taper, but Continue Reading
Fits Do Gear Reviews: The Brooks Ravenna 6
I have been a Brooks girl since I started running long distances. Occasionally, I have tried other brands, but why fix what's not broken right? Those other shoes never worked out for me, for a variety of reasons. I always find my way back to the Brooks. For most of my 17 marathons, I wore the Brooks Adrenaline, until a physical therapist told me I probably didn't need quite that much Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: The Tokyo Marathon is in 7 Weeks!!!
I am here with my weekly fitness recaps from the last two weeks. Sorry for the delay. I'm sure you were waiting with bated breath to see how my Tokyo marathon training is going, right? No? Ha! Well, here you go. Week of 12/22 through 12/28 Monday On the treadmill: 2 mile warm up, then 15 min x 10 min x 5 minutes with 5 minutes recovery between each set. 1 mile cool down. For the 15 minutes- Continue Reading