Happy Labor Day! My weekly recap is a day late, as I wanted to use yesterday's post to share my love for the Minnesota State Fair. I hope you enjoyed it, even though it wasn't really fitness/running related. I just got back from running the Victory Labor Day 10k, and I set a PR. Pretty excited to be able to update my PR tab on the blog, check it out HERE. I'll have a recap up later this Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Fulfilling My Summer Bucket List: The Minnesota StateFair!
"Eat something on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair." This is one of the items on my Summer Bucket List. So this past Saturday, Dustin and I put on our comfortable walking shoes and headed to the Great Minnesota Get-Together! (You can read past recaps of the fair HERE and HERE.) Speaking of walking shoes, Dustin decided to wear his Garmin while we were at the fair. Guess what? We covered Continue Reading
Fits on the Road: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This past weekend, we travelled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota! We were in Sioux Falls for our friends Paul and Laura's wedding. I wasn't really sure what to expect in Sioux Falls...I mean, it's a town of about 160,000. I suppose I thought it would be a lot of farmlands and chain restaurants. And there was some of that. Yet I was pleasantly surprised by the charm of Sioux Falls, and I wanted to Continue Reading
Fit Tip Friday: Are You Ready to Train for a Marathon?
Last Friday's Fit Tip was How to Pick Your First (Or Next) Marathon, but how do you know when/if you're even ready to train for a marathon? Notice that I didn't write are you ready to "do" a marathon, but rather whether you are ready to "train for a marathon." This is because the hardest part of a marathon is the training and that statement is coming from a girl who really loves the Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: The Wedding Day 5k
This past Saturday was the wedding of our former running club coach Paul and another good running club friend Laura (So many love stories begin in the Calhoun Beach Running Club - join today! hehe) I plan to share more pictures from this beautiful wedding in a "Fits on the Road: Sioux Falls" post later this week, but first I want to share with you the awesomeness that was the Wedding Day Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: Tips for Running in the Heat With Your Dog
It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another installment of Tilda Tuesdays! Today, I am sharing a few tips for running in the heat with your dog. Part of why we selected the vizsla breed for our first dog because we knew they are supposed to be great running companions. It's true- Matilda loves to run, and she's a great running companion. However, in the heat of summer, I do have to be Continue Reading
Fit Tip Friday: How to Select Your First Marathon.
So you've successfully completed your first half marathon, and you're thinking it's time to move it up a notch. Or, maybe you watched a friend run a marathon recently, and thought to yourself, "I want to do that too!" You're thinking it's time to cross "Complete a Marathon" off of your bucket list. The problem is...how do you decide which marathon to do? There are a lot of factors to Continue Reading