I’m back from Germany, recovering from the jet lag, and ready to share my Berlin Marathon experience with you all! When I was preparing for this race, I did a lot of googling for "Berlin Marathon tips" or "Berlin Marathon reviews." I ended up reading a lot of other bloggers recaps from previous year's races. And I ate those recaps up! Seriously, I found them very valuable in my preparation, and Continue Reading
Guest Post: The Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon Race Review
Readers, you are in for a treat! Today we have a guest post from two of my dearest friends who are also the most awesome running buddies, Kelly and Abby, as they share their review of the Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon! Abby and Kelly here for a guest post!You may have read about this little Surly Trail Loppet event in past posts as Jess has been with us for a few of the Continue Reading
Fits Do “Race” Reviews: Surly Furious Five Mile Run
Jess in MinneapolisLast Wednesday, I had planned to have a cross training day by taking a kettlebell class at Balance Fitness. However, when my friend contacted me to let me know that she had signed up for the Surly Furious Five Miler that evening, but she now had a conflict, I couldn’t let her spot in the small 50-person-event go to waste. So I did what any good running friend would do, and Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Madison Mini-Marathon
By Jess in MinneapolisI ran the Madison Mini-Marathon yesterday, August 17, 2013.Dustin and I were actually in Madison for my cousin's wedding, so it worked out perfectly that we could run this race as our long run Saturday morning. Two of my sisters ran it as well, though no LL this year (although she did a great job cheering for us from the sidelines!)This was the fifth year of this Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Electric Run KC
By LL in KCLast Friday, my husband and I ran the Electric Run KC. It was the first time I had done a night race and I was super pumped about my gear (particularly my LED green afro)! However, I wondered how the actual race would be since I had heard mixed reviews about it from friends who had run the race in other cities. But Vanessa Hudgens had raved about it, so it had to be good right?The Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Athleta Esprit de She 5k
By Jess in MinneapolisThe Athleta Esprit de She 5k debuted last Thursday night at 50th/France in Edina. It was a very fun and exciting running event that just happened to correspond with "Ladies Night Out" at one of my favorite shopping destinations!The 50th/France shopping area has several great boutiques and stores- Anthropologie, Athleta, Hot Mama, Prana, Fringe, Il Vostro Boutique, Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Torchlight 5k
By Jess in MinneapolisI ran the Life Time Fitness Torchlight 5k last Wednesday...Yes, yes, I know, I'm a bit belated on my review. But we were at the cabin again this weekend (more posts on that later), had a bit of scare with Matilda (I thought she was attacked by hornets!) and then we had a late night last night with a hill workout (whew, those get me every time! Read about the Calhoun Beach Continue Reading