Berlin Marathon Race Report
My Berlin Marathon race report running with my husband after a miserable summer training cycle. 5th Star in Abbott World Marathon Majors.
Travel Tuesday – Isengard
One of my favorite places in New Zealand – Isengard aka Paradise near Queenstown. I went to Glenorchy and Paradise to see Isengard. I came away with memories of one of the most remarkable places I have seen.
Travel Tuesday – Things to do in Sedona
Sedona has to be one of the most beautiful places with some of the BEST food I’ve ever had. There were so many things to do and see in Sedona and we did not do it justice by just staying two nights. Sharing the top 5 things to do in Sedona from our perspective, which might be a little skewed since we only spent 2 days and we travelled with a 9yo with a broken foot and a 6yo who…
Niagara Falls attractions on the Canadian Side
Sometimes when you walk into tourist traps, you enjoy the experience for what it is and make the best out of it. And so it was with us and the Niagara Falls attractions on the Canadian Side. After a day at the US side, we took a trip to the Canadian side of the Niagara falls for a day trip. We crossed the rainbow bridge aka immigration pretty easily into the Canadian side. Niagara Parks had a ton of parking…
Running along the Niagara Falls, US Side
A lot us runners love running in the quiet of the early morning when there are not many people or noises about. Imagine running in that calm, but the calm accompanied by a deafening roar of one of the most iconic and majestic waterfalls. I was on a long weekend trip to Niagara Falls with my parents and of course had to take the opportunity to run by the falls. I was very fortunate to have Ms. Teenager join me…
Why the London Marathon is my favorite
3 years ago, I gathered at Greenwich village with 40,000 others to make a trip from Greenwich to Buckingham Palace/St. James park and that journey instantaneously became my absolute favorite marathon ever. Yes, I loved the London Marathon even more than the New York City Marathon, which was every bit as wonderful as I’d read it would be. But London was … just something else. Ever since I dreamed of the possibility of running a marathon, London was at the…
What you need to know about the Tokyo Marathon
The Tokyo Marathon is a very different race than the races in the US. I had researched hard on many aspects of the Tokyo Marathon that you normally would not know about and since they all played such a vital part in my finish, I wanted to share some of the things that I learnt.