Another wintry week of training for the Antarctica Marathon, while living in Minneapolis! Here's how everything went this past week: Monday: 8 mile run commute into the office. Slippery, snowy, same old story in Minnesota in January. Tuesday: Rest day! I had a work event at a cooking school; it was so much fun! Wednesday: I was awake and in my running clothes, ready to run commute. I Continue Reading
18 Weeks Until the Boston Marathon 2017!
A lot of marathon training programs are 18 weeks long, so I figured now is the time to start my training and countdown to Boston! I'm back to working with my coach Antonio and I'm finally over that horrible virus of the past two weeks. Now it's time to work! I'm still hosting my weekly link-up with Jess at Jess Runs ATL. Be sure to join us to share your weekly recap! Details at the bottom of Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion: Winter Running Must-Haves.
As you may have read in this week's recap, Minneapolis had its first snowfall last Friday. Though not much of that fresh powder stuck around, it did seem to mark the transition to winter running apparel. Friday's snowfall also led to a conversation with a 'cube mate' of mine at the office who could not believe that I run outside all winter. I tried to explain to him that its perfectly possible Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion: Craft Running Apparel
The Right Fits is a blog where Fitness and Fashion meet, but I realize it has been awhile since I did a fitness fashion post. I'm changing that now! After my warm weather work trip was cancelled, I decided to treat myself with some new winter running apparel, and I'm reviewing some of that gear today for you. Depending on what the groundhog tells us on February 2, spring might be on its way. Continue Reading