It’s time! It’s time! We are taking registrations for our 2nd annual Team Shrinking Jeans! We are training to run or walk the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon on June 5th, 2011. We will also offer the full marathon option for those of you crazy people who are interested in doing all 26.2 miles. [...]
Now that we’re into the new year, many people are making resolutions and looking to take their fitness challenges to new heights. This week’s Mailbag Monday question is a good one on that theme. Now many people may read this question and think, “what’s the big deal in moving from a 5K to 10K”, but [...]
Last week we announced our plan to train for the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 marathon on June 5th. We can’t wait. There is nothing better than hanging out in real life with the Sisters and Brothers we know so well from online. Read all about it here. Now listen, we really, really, REALLY [...]
In a post last week, I wrote about some easy New Year’s resolutions for runners can take — baby steps, if you will — that will help make them better runners. This week, I wanted to take another look another problem that runners often have with their New Year’s Resolutions: making resolutions that aren’t specific [...]
Hello Sisterhood readers. It’s time for the Mailbag Monday segment with your running questions. This week we’ll look briefly at two questions from Sisterhood members and see if we can clarify some things. Our first question comes from Karena and goes like this: “I’m power walking the Disney half marathon in January, and am looking [...]
Hello Sisterhood Readers. In our Mailbag Monday section today, we’re going to look at a question from a reader the experienced an injury and is now trying to resume training. Let’s look at the question first and then get down to business: “Most recently I was training to run in the San Antonio Rock N [...]
If you’ve been toying with the thought of running, now is the time! It’s time to lace up those shoes and hit the road. Literally. So read these articles and get ready to start running with the Sisterhood! Couch to 5K, aka C25K- Read this great interview with Megan, one of our Sisters, who conquered the [...]
We have a couple of new questions to answer today in our short-answer format. The first was submitted on-line and the second one came up at a lunch with a group of The Sisters this weekend at the Nike Women’s Marathon. Here we go: The first question comes from Ann: “I ran my first 5K [...]
We have two questions from Sisterhood readers this week about running issues. Keep those questions coming. The first question is well-timed as we’re starting to come up to Winter and the subject will be everyone’s minds. The other question, regarding overuse injuries, comes up all of the time. So let’s get going! Becki writes in [...]
Hello sisters. It’s time for our next installment of ask Coach Joe about running and fitness. We have one question this week that has to do with run/walk intervals Get your questions answered here every other Monday, by writing in or commenting on a post. Jen, who is training for a half-marathon, brings us her [...]
All right Sisters, it’s time for another edition of Mailbag Monday with Coach Joe. The questions were a little light these last two weeks, but two of them came in just in time to make this edition. If you have a question, throw it over to us to get into the next edition. This week [...]
It’s time for our bi-monthly feature here on the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans: Mailbag Monday with Coach Joe. This week we have two running related questions for the column. Keep those questions coming! Question 1: To cross-train or not to cross-train Amy writes in the with the following question: Crosstraining? Seriously? Do I have [...]
Every other Monday here on the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans we’re joined by our friend running coach Joe English. He’ll be answering reader questions from people right here in our neighborhood. So get your questions ready and get set to here some answers to what other people have on their minds. Links within the [...]
We’re excited to announce Coach Joe English, our Virtual Team in Training Coach for Team Shrinking Jeans, will now be a regular contributor here at the Sisterhood! You can send your questions about running to support@shrinkingjeans.net, we’ll pass them on to Coach Joe, and he’ll post his answers as part of Mailbag Monday every two [...]
