How did I run a nearly flawless race?

Posted on October 19, 2016 | 10 min read time

The me in this photo was expecting pretty much the opposite kind of race performance. It’s been a week and a half now since my nearly-flawless marathon in Chicago and I’m still trying to put together what I take away from this race. I’ve always been of the mindset that there’s much more to learn from failure than from success, but this race feels like the exception to the rule, for me. [Read More]

Halfway to Chicago Marathon - training check-in

Posted on August 15, 2016 | 5 min read time

Eight weeks down. Eight weeks to go. Training is flying by! It feels like I just started this training cycle, but here I am eight weeks in. That’s a good thing, it means things are going well and I’m not miserable or counting down the days until it’s over. I’m actually really enjoying it so far! If you recall back to eight weeks ago, I didn’t know what to expect from training. [Read More]

Marathon training, I guess

Posted on June 23, 2016 | 5 min read time

It’s been about five months since I had surgery and over a year since I last did a formal marathon training cycle. And it’s fifteen and a half weeks until Chicago Marathon. So, I guess, it’s time to start a new training cycle. Going into surgery, I had just run the Dopey Challenge and was crushing as many runs as I could fit into my schedule. [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]