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17 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon & Camping at Itasca!

September 23, 2018 By Jessie Benson 37 Comments

Happy Sunday! We just got home from a fun-filled weekend of camping in Northern Minnesota, and now I'm here with my weekly recap of training for my 30th marathon, the Houston Marathon on January 20th! Here's how training went this week: Monday: Run commute home; I added on a bit to make it 7 miles and ended up running into Dustin out on his run; he took this pic of me with my run Continue Reading

Weekly Recap: 23 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon

August 12, 2018 By Jessie Benson 37 Comments

Another week, another weekly recap! If you're new here, I'm building back to marathon shape after 5 months off due to a broken tibia and fibula, with hopes of running my 30th marathon in Houston, Texas next January (followed by a 'redo' of the Antarctica marathon & trip in March that I missed this year due to my injury and ensuing surgery!) Here's how this past week went in fitness! Monday: Continue Reading

Fits Do Fitness Class Reviews: ALTR Minneapolis

September 16, 2017 By Jessie Benson 4 Comments

Have you heard of ALTR? It's one of the newest fitness studios in Minneapolis. They just opened on August 28th! I was offered a complementary visit for me and a friend to try out a class and share my experience. My friend Vicki works downtown and is always up to try out new classes, so I offered the 'friend' pass to her. She's a big fan of Alchemy and Physical Culture, and said she had been Continue Reading

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This is my blog about finding The Right "Fit." I'm an avid runner, marathon enthusiast, and fitness experimentalist who uses my little space of the internet to share my passion for and experiences with running and fitness (...and a little about fashion.)

I write mostly about running and my quest to run a marathon in every state and every continent. But you'll also find some information about different fitness classes in the Twin Cities and more.

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