I know that reading workout recaps can be a little boring...I apologize in advance! But one benefit of the blog for me is that it really helps to keep me accountable. Also, I can reflect back on my training closer to race day. And race day is only 4 short weeks away! I also hope that sharing my training plan helps you with yours- maybe seeing what works for me and what doesn't work...i.e Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Girls Weekend in New York City
After 6 weeks of traveling around Asia, I returned to Minneapolis last Sunday, only to pack up for more travel! But this time, the travel was all for fun; fun in the form of a long weekend trip to New York City for my oldest sister’s 40th birthday! Three sisters and one college friend descended upon a perfect VRBO in Midtown for four nights in the Big Apple. The other girls arrived Continue Reading
Fits do Fitness Class Reviews: ClassPass with Pure Barre Edina
I finally started my ClassPass! Like many other bloggers in the Twin Cities, I received a complimentary trial month with ClassPass's launch in the Twin Cities. Unfortunately, I probably won't get as much use out of it as I would have liked. With Singapore taking up half the month and a trip to New York City this weekend for my sister's birthday, January will be over before you know it! I also Continue Reading
What I learned about life in Singapore.
A few of you have asked me to share more about Singapore life. I would be happy to! Experiences are better shared, right? Let me state some caveats: this post is going to include a lot of generalizations about Singaporeans and extrapolations about the people of Singapore based on what I learned from my coworkers while working there. The people I have spent time with represent just one part of Continue Reading
Fits Do Fitness Class Reviews: Virgin Active Gym in Singapore
Hello there! How’s the plank challenge going? We are up to a minute soon! I’m still working in Manila this week, which has been fine. But I’ll be truthful, I’m ready to go home. I'm ready to have a home-cooked meal, sleep in my own bed, wear different clothes...and the obvious- hang out with those two adorable plankers in the above picture, right? Anyways, I finally had a chance to sit Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: The Tokyo Marathon is in 7 Weeks!!!
I am here with my weekly fitness recaps from the last two weeks. Sorry for the delay. I'm sure you were waiting with bated breath to see how my Tokyo marathon training is going, right? No? Ha! Well, here you go. Week of 12/22 through 12/28 Monday On the treadmill: 2 mile warm up, then 15 min x 10 min x 5 minutes with 5 minutes recovery between each set. 1 mile cool down. For the 15 minutes- Continue Reading
Quite Possibly My Slowest 19 Miles Ever.
Well, that was ugly! I'm two weeks behind in my weekly recaps of workouts (I plan to catch up tomorrow) but this was a big week in training for Tokyo with over 60 miles of running. Next week, I will cut back pretty drastically before getting up over 60 again. So I went into today's long run on tired legs with some tough workouts and lots of miles. Additionally, I went out for dinner and Continue Reading