If running 400+ training miles over the summer and then spending 3-5 hours on an October Sunday running from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul along the most circuitous route possible doesn’t sound like your thing, does cheering on those who do? Great! You can be an official part of the Run with Heart Cheer […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Scott Tonneson! Age 39 Hometown/Current City Fergus Falls, MN / St. Paul, MN Number of Marathons One… 2012 Twin Cities Marathon was my first. Favorite Race Completed 2012 Twin Cities Marathon Favorite Location To Train Last summer running throughout the town of Lyon, France. […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Scott Pugh! Age 36 Hometown/Current City Crystal, MN / Rogers, MN Number of Marathons ZERO… 2013 TC Marathon will be my first. Favorite Race Completed 2012 Twin Cities 10 Mile. Favorite Location To Train Back-country roads near where we live in Rogers. Favorite Running […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Timmy Marrinan! Age 26 Hometown/Current City Edina, MN / Tempe, AZ Number of Marathons Zero! This will be my first full. Favorite Race Completed Rock n Roll: Las Vegas 2011 – It was my first half-marathon and as a big Vegas guy, running under […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Theresa Myers! Age 35 Hometown/Current City Hometown Blooming Prairie – Current City Kasson Number of Marathons One. Favorite Race Completed Grandma’s Marathon 2012 – I ran it with my brother who is an expert marathoner. Best experience of my life, despite the slow time. […]

September 9-15 is “National Invisible Chronic Illness Week,” and this meme — 30 Things About My Invisible Illness — is making the rounds of many online communities. Here’s my contribution to making heart disease more visible. 1. The illness I live with is heart disease (heart attack, coronary artery disease, endothelial dysfunction, microvascular disease). 2. […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Amy Batchelder! Name Amy Batchelder Age 30 Hometown/Current City Whitefish Bay, WI/St. Louis Park, MN Number of Marathons Two (Both Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon) Favorite Race Completed Women Run the Cities along the Mississippi River. Favorite Location To Train Chain of Lakes, mainly Lake […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]