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 ...
#teamnichole
Assembling “Team Nichole”!
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 ...
Picking myself up and looking forward!
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 of ...
Two great things!
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 ...
Exciting News – Brooks!
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 ...
Unexpected Company
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 after he arrived. ...
![Well, Grandmas marathon did not go as I hoped. My legs felt awful from the gun - which makes for a long 26.6 mile trek! 3:07 long, to be exact (goal was sub 2:50). I don’t know if I was fighting off Anna’s bug or what (she was home with me on Tuesday because of a fever) - but my legs have never felt like that.
Despite that, the experience in Duluth is second to none, and made even more fun by all of my TNC Endurance athletes competing. I could gush about how proud I am of them all day! Their accomplishments outshine mine any day - I love my job as a coach 💕. Congrats to all, and like I’ve been known to say: let’s start scheming about those fall goals! [It’s a really good thing I love the process of marathon training. Seriously. Make training and all of the little things hard, make scheduling time for it tough, make my mind and body ache through training runs — there’s just something about the daily discipline it takes! A special kind of crazy? Probably 🤪] #tncendurance #marathonsareabeast #teamucan #generationucan #sevensundaysmuesli #runhappy #stillaftersub250 #lifegoals](http://scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/9c399c2cff55a8be530784fd64307929/5DC813BA/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/65176881_2314513095269533_4011964799912730788_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com "Well, Grandmas marathon did not go as I hoped. My legs felt awful from the gun - which makes for a long 26.6 mile trek! 3:07 long, to be exact (goal was sub 2:50). I don’t know if I was fighting off Anna’s bug or what (she was home with me on Tuesday because of a fever) - but my legs have never felt like that.
Despite that, the experience in Duluth is second to none, and made even more fun by all of my TNC Endurance athletes competing. I could gush about how proud I am of them all day! Their accomplishments outshine mine any day - I love my job as a coach 💕. Congrats to all, and like I’ve been known to say: let’s start scheming about those fall goals! [It’s a really good thing I love the process of marathon training. Seriously. Make training and all of the little things hard, make scheduling time for it tough, make my mind and body ache through training runs — there’s just something about the daily discipline it takes! A special kind of crazy? Probably 🤪] #tncendurance #marathonsareabeast #teamucan #generationucan #sevensundaysmuesli #runhappy #stillaftersub250 #lifegoals")
