One of my athletes asked me the other day: Do you think I could run my goal time right now? I paused for a second and said, “no”. Unbelievable. Olympic Trials Finisher medal, in a PR. Not quite the thing you’d like to hear from your coach, right? I am honest with my athletes. I…
Something has changed. Despite the fact that I am incredibly pregnant (read: huge), I’ve been more motivated than any other time during my pregnancy – heck, even before I became pregnant! Perhaps it’s the fact that I can see “the end”, so the running goals I have actually seem tangible. Those goals? They’re huge. Impossible,…
I’m taking two days off before starting my next Chicago training phase. Although this is scary for any athlete to do, I know it is best for me. Jerry is editing that training phase as we speak, and I am really excited to see what it will look like. I know it’ll be the start…
So much to write about! Two great things have happened to me in the last week: First, Anytime Fitness in Northfield offered a gym membership to help me achieve the 2016 Olympic trials standard. I am super excited about this, for several reasons. First, I am a complete gym rat and love nothing more than…
I’m so excited: Brooks just offered a great product/shoes sponsorship to get me through to NYC!!! I’m hoping to be able to join their elite/sponsored team in 2013 (this year I was too late in applying – didn’t know I was even fast enough to be considered until meeting other women at the Trials –…
I know that I would not be where I am today if not for the help and support of SO many along the way. Last Saturday’s run was no exception. Brenden made the trek up from St. Peter to do a 20 miler with two 3 mile tempo segments. We headed out the door shortly…