For as hard as I’ve been on myself about this race, the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon was actually quite a good race. We especially lucked out with the weather, considering St. Louis weather is consistently unpredictable. Oh my goodness do I need to work on my form. That's a lot of tension I'm holding in my shoulder. I raced in my Brooks Pure Flow 3s, Oiselle Distance shorts, and Brooks seamless arm warmers. Before the Race As soon as Sunday got into the 10 Day Forecast, the ...
St. Louis Go! Half Marathon
Life Lately and Go! St. Louis Half Marathon (April 13)
Hi, everyone! How was your weekend? Life Lately This weekend was the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon, so Ryan, Charlie, and I visited my family in St. Louis for the weekend. Charlie loves car rides ever since we got him his zipline harness. Also, we set up his bed for him, but clearly sleeping on top of our suitcases was more comfortable. This week Ryan and I signed our lease for our new apartment in Washington! We're living just north of Redmond in the Mill Creek/Bothell area. The ...
My Goals for St. Louis Go! Half Marathon
First off, thank you all so much for the support and kind words regarding our move. We get more excited with each day and I just have to pinch myself sometimes because after searching for jobs for so long (we started this process back before Christmas) it seems surreal that it's finally happening. I'm also totally running around the house with excitement and joy as I realize that I will only see snow again if we seek it out in the mountains (or visit the Midwest during ...
Life Lately and St. Louis Go! Half Marathon Training Week 7
Happy Easter, everyone! How was your weekend? Did anyone race? Life Lately We celebrated our first Easter as a married couple this year and kept it relaxed: Mass and a nice turkey dinner later that night (we're not ham people. Turkey > ham). This week began the beginning of the end of our time in Valparaiso, IN. Ryan received and accepted an offer for a small engineering company in Redmond, WA (Eastside of Seattle). We are SO excited for this move! It's hard to leave the Midwest, ...
Life Lately and St. Louis Go! Half Marathon Training Week 6
Hi! How was your weekend? Did anyone race this weekend? I love to hear about your races and running! Life Lately After a couple weeks of glorious spring weather, winter is back for (hopefully) it's last round. We got snow on Monday and Friday. I'm not a fan of second winter and totally wussed out this week and ran on the treadmill whenever it snowed. Denial may be my mechanism for coping with this weather. Welcome to northwest Indiana, everyone. We have winter for about six ...