Grandma’s Marathon 2021
3:07:17, good for 62nd female. Interestingly enough, that’s the exact time I ran for my very first marathon, also at Grandma’s, right after I graduated college. To the second!
Twin Cities Marathon
To say TCM didn’t go as I expected or hoped is an understatement. I was really proud of the training build-up going into the race. While not remarkable, it was solid, and that was what I was hoping for after a really rocky winter and spring. I often felt slower than I had been the…
Grandma’s Marathon = 3:07
Grandma’s didn’t go as I had hoped, at all. 3:07. My fourth slowest marathon. My legs felt terrible from the beginning in a way they haven’t before. I’m pretty sure I was fighting off the bug that kept Anna home from school the Tuesday and Wednesday before the race. She had a fever of over…
2018 Grandma’s Marathon – 2:53!
I am really proud of how Grandma’s went this year. In part because it was a 5 minute post-baby marathon PR, but also because I put my head down and went to WORK that morning. It was not my best day. Sometimes marathons are like that. That’s the nature of the beast. The first 4…
DID IT – SUB 3!
I am very proud that I have been able to come back after Anna. On Sunday I ran the Twin Cities Marathon in 2:58:30, finishing 14th. I’m in the middle of budget season at work and prepping for the Championship season for NHS XC, so won’t recap the details. Highlights included: Running side by side…
2016 Grandma’s Marathon Recap – and an ER visit
So many things about this marathon were way different than ANY marathon I’ve ever done. I guess 22 weeks of pregnancy does that to a race! First, the “interesting” things: – I tried on my large women’s TNC tank the week before the marathon… and it “fit” me as well as a sausage casing. Super….