Nate is signed up to race Fargo this year. He held out on the marathon distance, but the combination of having to answer the question “Have you run a marathon” with “no”, (answer really was: well, I have run the marathon distance as a training run for skiing, but no, not technically… which is WAAAY…
If not for my U of MN test and Beth Zirbes’ recommended link, I would have embarked in a “some-what” vegan looking diet for this next year. I am in love with the recipes I’ve tried, and really enjoy trying to eat as much plant/bean/natural based food as possible. Truly. But, based on my test…
For those of you that have followed this for a while, you know that sometime last year I started changing what I ate and trying to shed those extra pounds I don’t need to carry around with me during a marathon (every pound = a minute!). See blog post here. That led to my first…
A big part of my journey has been learning about all of the little things you need to do in order to train well, perform to your potential, and in general, see where your limits are. With every cycle, I’ve worked on a few things. This cycle is no different. I came across Camille’s blog…
For one of my first “trying to only eat healthy/organic/from a farmers market” meals, I attempted to make a Gazpacho soup recipe (from the Co-op) and bake a squash. Sounds great, right? The recipe was easy enough: fresh tomatoes, crushed, with a cucumber sliced small (supposed to be food-processed, but we don’t own such an…
We’re within 100 days of the Trials… that’s scary… A quick mid-week update: I’ve been running a little tired lately, as evidenced by my TC 10 performance. It’s hard to know what to do (since I’m relatively new to marathoning and mileage). I think I’m feeling this way because there have been so many changes…