By Cool J in Minneapolis"Friday's Favorite Fit" was on a short hiatus (I blame Berlin!) But don't worry, now it's back, and today's favorite fit is the Runner's World Cookbook:Have you ordered a copy of the Runner’s World Cookbook?No?What are you waiting for?!?Runners, you will LOVE this cookbook! It has 150 easy, delicious, and QUICK recipes loaded with all the right vitamins and protein that you Continue Reading
Fit Fanatic: Back to Running and Some Fall Apple Picking
**First of all, I forgot to congratulate my sister Cresta on the blog on her finish at the Milwaukee marathon last week, and today, my sister Erin at the Chicago marathon! Way to go sisters! With the recent focus on posting about Berlin, I realized that a whole week has past since I returned, and I haven't filled you in on any news post-marathon #15! Fitness: I took a week off from running Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Exploring Berlin Germany: Part 3
Well, here I am, sharing memories from our final day of touring Berlin. (You can read parts 1 and 2 here and here) Part 3 is packed full of museums! We were up early to get started, stopping quick for a frothy latte along the way, at a place called Die Deponie Nr. 3 Berlin has a cluster of museums close together on what is referred to as "Museum Island." There are more museums on there than Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: 25 Golden Rules of Running
By Jess in MinneapolisWith Berlin behind me, I have had some time to reflect on my performance, and what I need to do differently for my next marathon. I have been researching a bit online, ordering a few new books (such as YOU (Only Faster) and the Runner's World Cookbook).Throughout my online research, I came across this handy article from Runner's World. I found a lot of their Golden Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Exploring Berlin, Germany: Part 2
We started our second day of exploring in Berlin with full-body massages at the ONO Spa within our hotel, the Mandala Hotel. They felt so great on our sore muscles, and when they were done, we were all set for more exploring. We started the day in such a decadent and peaceful way with massages. It was a sharp contrast to what we did next. I understand that the following tour has nothing to do Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Exploring Berlin, Germany Part 1
By Jess in MinneapolisThe primary reason we were in Berlin last week was of course the Berlin Marathon. But post-race, we had a solid three days to explore this interesting city.Monday morning, we were up early to walk over to the Reichstag building. If you recall, this building was close to the staging area before the marathon, so we had already taken a few pictures in front of it on race Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: How to be a Great Marathon Spectator
This past Sunday was the Twin Cities Marathon. Lead men and lead women at mile five The past several years, Dustin and I have been out of town running marathons in other cities on TCM weekend (Milwaukee, WI; St. George, UT; Scranton, PA) We were excited to be in town this year and able to cheer for our friends who were participating. Well, maybe I was more excited than this Continue Reading