Today I met up with Jenny, my training partner from Fargo, and Kim Pawelek, the 1999 Twin Cities Marathon champion. Kim’s sister lives in the cities, and Jenny is friends with Kim’s sister — so Jenny gave me a call and asked if I’d be interested in doing a long run with her. Of course!…
I apologize for not writing more during the week! This week has been absolutely insane. How has the “100 mile/week” plan been going? Actually, pretty well, except for tonight. I’m really disciplined about making sure I have time for my run/runs. Here’s a run down of my week so far: Monday: 6 miles AM, 6…
I’ve been pretty lucky this summer with weather. I think this is the first weekend that has made for difficult training. Today’s workout was brutal. 20 miles with 10 at marathon pace. The first 10 were great – 7:45-8:00 pace is nice!!. I picked up Lis, one of the skiers that was having boot trouble…
I knew that I had two workouts today, one 4 mile run and another 11 mile run. I woke up this AM and turn on my computer (yeah, working from home!) and begin to get some stuff done. It’s raining outside… ug. I’m hoping it’ll stop in time for the morning run. I know that…
There are 8 weeks and a couple days left to TCM. It’s crazy how fast time goes by! I can tell I’m stronger for this cycle, this week will be my second 80 mile week of this cycle (vs. only one during the entire cycle for Fargo). I’ve held up pretty good, but training at…
A lot of my family came down for the 1/2 marathon in Red Wing this weekend. I had signed up a while ago because it was an event my work was sponsoring (and thus, signed up my husband, who always appreciates being signed up for long running races). My brother also came down, bringing a…