On August 29, I ran the Team Ortho Women Rock 1/2 Marathon in St. Paul, MN. This event included a half-marathon, 10k, and 5k, as well as a 2.5k race on Friday night. There were special medals for runners who participated in three events which was called the Starlet Challenge. To earn this honor, you could run a combination of the 2.5k on Friday with 10k and 5k on Saturday, or 2.5k on Friday and Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Get Lucky 1/2 Marathon
By Cool J in MinneapolisThis morning, I ran the Team Ortho Get Lucky 1/2 marathon. I did a preview of this race HERE. Remember the nice sweatshirt I wrote about? Nice sweatshirts!There was also a 7k race at 9 am today, which is quite popular (11,000+ runners) but we had 15-17 miles on the marathon training schedule, so most of the spring marathoners in the Calhoun Beach Running Club Continue Reading
Fits Do (Future) Race Reviews: Get Lucky!
By Cool J in MinneapolisMy spring race calendar has changed just a tiny bit since this post, where I listed the Securian Run, Goldy's 10 mile, Borgess Run for the Health of It Half Marathon in Kalamazoo, the TC 1 Mile, and of course the Newport Marathon. There's just one change so far. Instead of Goldy's 10 mile, our coach put the Get Lucky 21k on the calendar (i.e. 21k= 13.1 Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews (sort of): The Minneapolis Marathon
By JessieLet me start off this post right away by stating that I did not participate in any of the Minneapolis Marathon events! I'm only writing this "review" from the point of view of a spectator.Please share your insights in the comments if you have actual experience with this race!The Minneapolis Marathon is relatively new. I believe this is only the third year of its existence.It's very Continue Reading
Fits do race reviews: Monster Dash 1/2 marathon
By: Cool JNext Saturday, one of LL and my sisters is coming up to my city for the Monster Dash 1/2 marathon. She has been training very hard post-baby, and this is her "comeback race". I'm looking forward to sharing this experience with her, and will be very proud when she crosses the finish line. We discussed running together, but our paces are a little different, and she said she would Continue Reading