Whether or not you wear underwear under your running shorts or tights is definitely a fitting debate. I'll be honest- I don't usually wear them on a run with shorts or tights. On a very un-scientific poll of my running friends, most of them do not wear them either. Why? Most running shorts have built in underwear. It's one more thing to worry about; one more thing that could chafe or annoy me Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: The Oiselle Bra-Zen
Fitness Fashion Friday is featuring the awesome Oiselle Bra-Zen! The Bra-Zen is a "seamless compression running bra." I bought it after reading about it on Katie's blog and I LOVE it. It's tight and supportive enough for me. I am wearing it in a size medium. It doesn't chafe at all! It is really supportive and keeps "the girls" in place for many, many miles. From Oiselle: "The Bra-Zen Continue Reading
Stitch Fix #7: A Review
I'm taking a little detour today from running and fitness to bring you a quick review of my last Stitch Fix. I received this fix in mid-July, but hadn't had a chance to post a review. But Stitch Fix posts always seem to be popular...a lot of people Google them, so I might as well share mine! If you haven't heard of Stitch Fix, you can get all the details HERE and if you want to try it out, feel Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: Patriotic Running Apparel
Happy almost 4th of July! Are you running a celebratory race this weekend? Dustin and I are running the Gordon Good Neighbor Days 5k on Saturday with a few friends. Dustin won 1st place last year in his age group. Time to defend his title! If you are a Twin Cities resident, there are a lot of local 4th of July races this weekend to choose from. Minneapolis Running has the full schedule Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: Putting Your Name on Your Race Shirt
Today's installment of Fitness Fashion Friday is a bit of a stretch in terms of fashion...Today's post is all about putting your name on your shirt for races! Actually, as you read on, you might think this is more of a fitting debate...please share your thoughts on the topic! You can see from all of these pictures that I am most definitely a fan of putting my name on my shirt for a Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: Oiselle Pro Kit Leggings & Wazelle Long Sleeve
Happy Fitness Fashion Friday! Today I have a quick post for you on some Oiselle fitness fashion items. First of all, make sure you are following Oiselle on social media- twitter, instagram, Facebook, etc, as they often have "flash" sales! I purchased these two items, the pro kit leggings and the wazelle long sleeve on super discount during a recent flash sale. Sure, they are not exactly in season Continue Reading
Fitness Fashion Friday: Sweaty Betty Apparel
Happy Fitness Fashion Friday! Today I am reviewing two recent purchases from Sweaty Betty. I had only previously purchased two other items from Sweaty Betty and you can check those out in this post. I don't have a lot from Sweaty Betty, but everything that I do have has been well made and very well designed. I haven't been disappointed! However, there are no local Sweaty Betty stores, so I Continue Reading