Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Thomas Braun – Coach Tom! Name Thomas Braun Age 59 Hometown/Current City La Grange, Illinois Number of Marathons 14 Favorite Race Completed The Soldier Field 10 miler. This is run on the Saturday before Memorial Day. The opening ceremony is very inspiring. Finish line […]
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Aug 2013
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Aug 2013
A few weeks ago I was stalling while heading out for a long run — long, on my new, start-again-at-zero novice training plan, being four miles. Four miles too many on a hot Saturday at the lake. I have a habit of stalling long runs. I take forever to get dressed, time my eating just […]
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Aug 2013
Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Travis Brick! Name Travis Brick Age 33 Hometown/Current City Savage/Shakopee Number of Marathons Zero Favorite Race Completed Torchlight 5K Favorite Location To Train South suburbs Favorite Running Pump-Up Song Mishka- “Above the Bones” My Running Secret It’s very important for your muscle recovery to […]
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Aug 2013
In Two Years
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Today is the second anniversary of my first heart attack. August 14, 2011 was the beginning of my life with heart disease. But since I was back for round two in September 2012, it’s a little hard to know when to celebrate. Or what, or how. All I know is it is on my mind […]
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Aug 2013
Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Simon Gruber! Name Simon Gruber Age 28 Hometown/Current City Minneapolis Number of Marathons Zero. Favorite Race Completed Get in Gear Half Marathon, the farthest I’d ever run until a couple weeks ago. Favorite Location To Train I’ve done a lot of my mid-length runs […]
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Aug 2013
Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Andrew Shimota! Name Andrew Shimota Age 26 Hometown/Current City Minneapolis Number of Marathons Zero. Favorite Race Completed Dave Ryan 5K & Warrior Dash Favorite Location To Train Mississippi River Trails and Cedar Lake Trail. Favorite Running Pump-Up Song Music tastes are all over the […]
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Jul 2013
Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Sara Shaw! Name Sara Shaw Age 31 Hometown/Current City Davenport, Iowa – Quad Cities Number of Marathons Zero. This will be my first! Favorite Race Completed I run a 7 mile race every year in my hometown–The Bix 7. This year will be #21! […]
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Jul 2013
I am running with the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team in the Twin Cities Marathon this year (don’t worry, I’m running the doctor-ordered 10 mile distance). I’m happy to be working with the AHA and the Twin Cities Marathon to raise awareness and funds for heart disease! From now until race day, […]
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Jul 2013
I met Maria at the first Go Red for Women event that I spoke at, last November. She came right up to me and said she’d been reading my blog and wanted to meet me. (Fellow bloggers know how thrilling that is!) We talked for a while and she asked about my kids and how […]
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Jul 2013
It’s summer, it’s running season, and I’m really happy to be working with the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team this year. It’s the first time the AHA has fielded a charity team for the Twin Cities Marathon and it is, ahem, a cause after my own heart. Over the next 10 training […]
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