By Jess in MinneapolisDid you have a good 4th of July? Mine was great, and I was so happy to start it off on the right foot with a little holiday race!Dustin and I, (as well as a solid group of Calhoun Beach Running Club runners), ran the Firecracker 10k on Thursday in Excelsior, MN. I also ran this race in 2011. I was registered last year, but it was so crazy hot that it was shortened to a Continue Reading
Friday’s Favorite Fit: Trail Running!
By Cool J in MinneapolisFriday's Favorite Fit is coming to you a little late, but it's still Friday, right? Today's favorite is a bit of a combo Fits Do Race Reviews as well!Today's favorite fit is....trail running!This Wednesday night I participated in my first trail run as part of the Endless Summer Trail Series. This series consists of four Wednesday evening races throughout the Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Newport Oregon Marathon
Hi friends! I'm logging in to write a (hopefully) quick marathon recap while I'm sitting here at Crater Lake Lodge in Crater Lake National Park, enjoying views like this: Pretty breathtaking, right? So I ran my 14th marathon on Saturday, and checked Oregon off the 50 state list as my 12th state. My official time was 4:00:57. It was nowhere near what I had hoped for, but it was still such Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Memorial Day Pub Run
By Cool J in MinneapolisHappy Memorial day, friends! I hope you are enjoying your long weekend. The Calhoun Beach Running Club celebrated yesterday with the 4th Annual Memorial Day Pub Run!This event is not a sanctioned run, nor is it open to the public (CBRC members only) but it does have a very sophisticated website: http://memorialdaypubrun.com. Basically, you run from bar to bar, Continue Reading
Fit Do Race Reviews: Borgess Run for the Health of It Half Marathon
By LL in KCMOOn May 5th, Jess and I ran the Borgess Run for the Health of It Half Marathon in Kalamazoo, MI. We chose this half marathon to run together as we wanted to run with our dad for his first half. We all agreed that it was a good race overall. You would expect it to be, though, since the half marathon has been held for 34 years. However, Jess and I both agreed that we likely would not run Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Previews: Borgess Run for the Health of it
By Cool J in Minneapolis Hello from Kalamazoo! LL and I are here to run a half marathon tomorrow. Hopefully our dad will be running too, although he has been having some IT band issues (like father, like daughter I guess!) He isn't sure if he's going to do the 13.1 miles but if he does, LL will be sticking with him for the run. I don't want him to hurt himself further, but I know this is Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Previews: Electric Run KCMO
By LL in KCMOBack in the day, I really enjoyed 5k races. I would sign up for every fun race that came to town. Recently, I've stuck to half marathons instead. However, when I learned from a co-worker that the Electric Run is coming to KCMO, I got excited and immediately went to my computer to register. But registration doesn't start until 9:05 a.m. today! First 50 registrants get LED shades!Here Continue Reading