2017 Grandma's Marathon - 3:38:55

Posted on June 19, 2017 | 13 min read time

Two years ago, Grandma’s Marathon, a point-to-point race along Lake Superior ending in Duluth, MN was a goal race for me. I worked my ass off in training and was feeling confident for a good race. Then three weeks before the race, everything started to fall apart. Long story short, I did not end up running race…despite going out there to cheer anyway. This year, Grandma’s Marathon again became a goal race for me. [Read More]

A Racecation Without the Race

Posted on June 22, 2015 | 14 min read time

The bib I should have been wearing As you already know, I was registered for, and trained for, Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota this past weekend. And as you also know, I DNSed this race. And, if you follow me on Twitter, you might also be aware of the fact that I still went to Duluth anyway to cheer and did not handle it in any way at all like an adult. [Read More]

The decision to DNS a marathon

Posted on June 4, 2015 | 6 min read time

How I feel while writing this I haven’t really posted about it here yet, but my training for Grandma’s Marathon has completely fallen apart. I don’t know exactly what caused it, but it’s gotten really bad. When I say bad, I mean I’ve been heavily considering DNSing (did not start) the race for the last couple of weeks. Yeah, that kind of bad. [Read More]

Grandma's Marathon training update: week 8

Posted on April 28, 2015 | 2 min read time

Love the view on my regular running route! Training for Grandma’s Marathon is half over already. It’s starting to feel like the race is like a freight train coming at me! Training is going well overall, but I don’t know if I’m ever going to feel ready for this race. Even when I have an amazing run and hit mile splits I didn’t think I could hit, I still feel afraid I won’t be able to keep the pace I want for the race. [Read More]

Grandma's Marathon training: Weeks 1-4

Posted on March 30, 2015 | 3 min read time

I finally have a new profile pic on Twitter and Tumblr! Sheesh, I really don’t post here much anymore, do I? Work has been keeping me super busy, but I’m not actually complaining about that. I kind of like it. So it’s now one quarter of the way through training for Grandma’s Marathon. I feel like training is flying by so far! I’ve converted fully to a morning runner during the week and an afternoon runner on the weekends. [Read More]

Training update

Posted on February 23, 2015 | 4 min read time

The view from my run yesterday looks way colder than it actually was out I haven’t done one of these in a long time, but seeing as how marathon training time is almost here, now seems like a good time to start again. I guess I should also drop in here that I decided on a marathon for the “spring.” Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on June 20! [Read More]