I survived my peak week of training for the Flying Pig Marathon. Now it's taper time! Basically, the idea is that I have done 16 hard weeks of training, and for the next three weeks, I will maintain that fitness, but let my legs recover and rebuild to feel strong on race day. Lots of people freak out a little bit in the taper, but I am trying to remember that now is the time to trust my Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Ron Daws 25k
This past Saturday, Dustin and I ran the Ron Daws 25k (for your reference, 25k =15.5 miles). We had 16 miles on our training schedule for Flying Pig so this race fit in very nicely. For a price of just $5, its hard to pass up! The race is small, with registration limited to just 200 runners. The race may be small, but most of the people who run it are pretty serious runners. Its very popular Continue Reading
Weekly Recap for the Last Week of March: Capitol Run, Kate Spade, and Lululemon!
Hi all, I hope your weekends are going swimmingly. Today is a gorgeous 60 degree day in Minneapolis. Since this is the first day this warm since last October, of course everyone is out and about and enjoying the nice temps. Apparently, the trails around the lakes are crazy- or so Dustin tells me. I am trying to be smart, and taking today as a non-running day after a 20 mile run yesterday, but Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Top 10 Worst People to Run Next to on a Treadmill
In my weekly recap from yesterday, you probably noticed that there was a lot of treadmill miles...in fact, all 45 miles of last week's running were on a treadmill- eeks! Not fun.Though I started to get kind of used to the ol’ treadmill, I can't say I have learned to love it. I definitely prefer to run outside. It was a lot of time indoors pounding out the miles, but it did give me a lot of time to Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Park City, Utah!
Hi all. I'm sitting at the Salt Lake City airport, waiting for my flight back to Minneapolis (free wifi at the airport!) Gorgeous sunset, right?Sorry I have been absent from the blog for a few days, but we have been hitting the mountains pretty hard, all day, every day for the past three days. Lots of snowboarding and fun times!We arrived on Wednesday afternoon to our condo. in the Racquet Club Continue Reading
Guest Post: Running Back-to-Back Marathons in One Weekend!
I have a special guest post for you today!Lindsey Pierret, a fellow Calhoun Beach Running Club member, and 2014 winner of the Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson Mississippi and 2014 2nd place finisher of the First Light Marathon in Mobile, Alabama is here to share with you her story of running these two marathon back-to-back on the SAME weekend! She won the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Fitness, Fashion, and Fitness Fashion
By Jess in MinneapolisAnother week has flown by, and I'm checking in today with a weekly recap of what's happening in Fitness, Fashion, and Fitness Fashion during the week of January 20-26th.Fashion: First up, a quick fashion update. A few of you asked about my dress from my friend's bachelorette party this past weekend...I found it on the sale rack at my local Anthropologie. It's an online Continue Reading