The Outer Banks Marathon is this Sunday. It will be a small marathon with about 1,200 runners- a perfect size in my opinion. I love the smaller marathons and I'm really looking forward to seeing 26.2 miles of a part of the U.S. that I have never been to. Have you been to the Outer Banks? Any recommendations? Though I love the small marathons in my journey to run a marathon in every state, I Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Low Mileage and Supporting my Philly Marathon Friends
Welcome to November..and #Movember too! Are you sporting some new facial hair this month? This guy is! If you're new to the Right Fits, on Sundays, I like to share a weekly recap of what's happening in Fitness and Fitness Fashion. If you read this post, you know that I am well into the taper for the OBX Marathon (which is a week from today!) Therefore, fitness this past week was pretty Continue Reading
The NEW Look of The Right Fits!
Welcome to The Right Fits- Where Fitness and Fashion Meet! As you might have noticed, the Right Fits had a bit of a makeover. What do you think of the new look? I hope you love it as much as I do! Please be patient with me as I work through any kinks. If you have any feedback, please feel free to share. If you click on any links and they don't work, please let me know so I can fix Continue Reading
Fit Tip Friday: The Magical Taper.
Here I am in the midst of taper madness for the Outer Banks Marathon. The taper: you know, that magical place when you sit back and enjoy all this extra free time and relish in all your hard work over the past 18 weeks... Wait, what? It doesn't feel magical to me! In fact, I'd say the taper kind of sucks. Why does the taper suck? You start second guessing all of your Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesday: Guest Post- Training Your Vizsla to Hunt by Katie at Prairie Ponderings
Happy Tilda Tuesday! I have a guest post for you today from a fellow blogger. Katie blogs at Prairie Ponderings. We connected over our shared love of running and vizslas! I tell you, vizsla owners flock to each other- we are passionate about our dogs! Katie is here today to share with you how she trained her vizsla Harvey to hunt. We don't hunt with Matilda, but I still found this post really Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Tapering for the Outer Banks Marathon and the Brooks Heritage Line
Welcome to the final week in October! Can you believe it? This month has been so much fun, but it definitely flew by. Let me fill you in on what's happening at the Right Fits in Fitness and Fitness Fashion this past week. Here's what's happening in fitness: Monday: 6.75 miles in the morning with my friend Kelly and my dog Matilda. Then, [solidcore] MSP in the evening. I loved [solidcore] Continue Reading
Fit Tip Friday: Tips & Gear for Running in the Dark
If you're a morning runner like me, you have probably noticed that it's pretty dark out there in the early hours these days. I don't think the sun even rises until 7:30 am! So if you are fitting in your run in before work, you're probably running in the dark. How can you stay safe when running in the dark? Though I can (and will) write a whole other post with safety tips for running in the Continue Reading