Merry Christmas from the Porath family! There was so much to be happy for in 2018. Nichole was promoted to Director of Finance at Bethel Lutheran Church. She has really enjoyed transforming their finance department while also enjoying the flexible schedule that only a church ...
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Catching up a bit
Nordic Ski season has started, just 2 weeks after the Cross Country Running season ended. Not nearly enough time to get myself organized, catch up on things, etc, especially since there was a cross country banquet, end of season book to create, and a 5k fundraiser I needed to ...
TCM 2018: 2:52!
What a day! A new post-babies PR for me in 2:52:48. 15th place among 3,185 women. 10th place American. I had been battling a cold all week, so much so that I took an unplanned day off on Tuesday because my muscles felt achy. I started taking calcium, magnesium, and zinc ...
Twin Cities Marathon just 2.5 weeks away
The training cycle for the 2018 Twin Cities Marathon has flown by; I can't tell if that's a good thing or not? The high school cross country season started in mid-August, which automatically puts me in over-drive, especially since I'm trying to be picky about getting my exact ...
Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins
These pumpkin muffins are a great carb "treat" I stumbled on! I've been working on my nutrition and strength routines during this marathon training cycle. Specifically, I've been very aware of my protein intake. Carbs are great, but I now look at them more as a ...
Training is going really WELL!
I'd be lying if I've said that I haven't had doubts during this training cycle. On the one hand, I feel like I could be doing more every day. Every week. I haven't doubled once this cycle. I haven't done a long run workout yet at TCM is 6 weeks away. I also was told that I had ...
