By Cool J in Minneapolis2013 marked my third year participating in the TC 1 mile, and this is my second year reviewing it for the blog! You can read last year's review HERE.The Medtronic TC 1 Mile is marketed as "one mile (12 city blocks) of fun," and fun it was! Well, at least it was fun after I was done with my mile- maybe not while it was happening. Painful! It is so rare that a marathoner like Continue Reading
Fitting Debate: Running with Music
By Cool J in MinneapolisLL and I have discussed running with headphones multiple times in the past (HERE and HERE) My personal stance has usually been that music is great when you're doing your long training runs alone (with a consideration first for safety), but I would never wear them on race day.My personal stance temporarily changed with the Marathon-to-Marathon in Iowa last spring. I brought 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 for a Cause: All in for Boston
This morning, a few of my friends and I participated in "All in for Boston", a fundraising run for those affected by the bombings at the Boston Marathon. "A run in honor and in memory of all those affected by the tragedy that took place during the 2013 Boston Marathon. Come run/walk for any or all of 4 hours, 09 minutes and 43 seconds. Water, gatorade, snacks will be provided on the course. You Continue Reading
Fitting Debate: Why Women Should Not Run…
By Cool J in MinneapolisThere's a controversial blog post making its way across the interwebs, and I am reposting it here to see what you think. It's entitled, "Why Women Should Not Run."I love to run, and can't imagine just stopping. However, I do agree that you should never just run. Variety is the spice of life, and exercise variety is also a vital piece of the fitness puzzle. I Continue Reading
Failed Fit: Snowy Run in April
By Cool J in MinneapolisSeriously, Minneapolis? It's April 18th! We should not be in the middle of a blizzard!But we are. This is my house. In April. Fail. But it does look kind of pretty, doesn't it? Maybe if it were December!In fact, I even had to put on the Yak Traks again. The City of Minneapolis is usually really good about plowing the trails, but I think they were a Continue Reading
Fit Fanatic: Two Garmins?
by Cool J in MinneapolisI am the first to admit that many of you reflected on the event's of Monday's Boston marathon more eloquently than I ever could. Some of my favorite posts were from:Miles and Meals: My Runner's Heart is BreakingFood and Fun on the Run: Terror in BostonThe Yoga Garage: My friend Meggan's take on the eventsYou all have explained it so well, so we'll move on to lighter topics, Continue Reading