Winner winner chicken dinner! Ann G, you are the lucky winner of this wonderful giveaway. I will email you with the promo code for your race entry. Congrats and get running : ). Lisa Not Zumba. Zooma. As in the Zooma Women’s Race Series. Half marathon (13.1 miles), 5K (3.1 miles), … [Read more…]
I am a runner. I also like to spin, lift weights and Zumba! But in my heart, I am a runner. However, there are things in running that I avoid because it hurts, it’s out of my comfort zone, it makes me breathe harder blah blah blah. Mainly speedwork and running hills. Yeah, I could do without … [Read more…]
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. … [Read more…]
I’m kind of in disbelief that it’s the end of January already, which also means we’re in Week 5 of the Power of 1 Challenge. Holy guacamole. How’s this challenge going for you? Are you finding YOUR power? Are you participating in the Weekly Projects? By now, you know the drill. It’s Wednesday. … [Read more…]
Have you ever dreamed of running a marathon? Well, Kirsten just recently made that dream come true for herself when she crossed the line after 26.2 miles in the Disney Marathon on January 9th, 2011. Now Kirsten shares with us, the oh-so-important lesson, how to avoid killing your family when … [Read more…]
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 up from a 5K to 10K”, … [Read more…]
++This Giveaway is now closed++ The winner of the 5K of their choice is: MissLoFly!! Congrats girl! Send me an email so we can get you registered for that Disney 5k in September!! ([email protected]) It is dark. Your alarm clock has woken you up (for the second or third time) but … [Read more…]
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 want you … [Read more…]
We’ve set up a page especially for race reports! You can now look under Move It (hover over it) up in the navbar and you’ll see RACE REPORTS! We have a permanent linky widget over there, so share your races report blog posts with us there from now on! Be sure to link to the post and not just to your … [Read more…]
Lots of people run to get healthy, to lose weight, to accomplish a race goal. Myself included. However, the biggest reason I keep running, the biggest reason I push on through the aches, the pains, the tiredness, and the heavy breathing is because of this: running keeps my mind healthy. I … [Read more…]
It’s time to kick off the 2nd annual Team Shrinking Jeans! We are open to all… men, women, college students, great grandmothers… We want YOU!! Last year our amazing team of 14 raised over $43,000 for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! This year, we want to beat that amount! We are planning on … [Read more…]
This weekend we are running our annual Sisterhood Virtual 5K (okay, so it was supposed to be in 2010, but we just barely missed it). We are dedicated these runs to all of our Sisters who are running in the Disney Full & 1/2 marathons this weekend. Congratulations to all of our Sisters (and … [Read more…]
Okay, I’m not sure how this happened, but our Annual Sisterhood Virtual 5K is this Saturday, January 8th. Whoa. For all of you who started the Couch to 5K Program back on November 1, your time to shine has arrived. And if you haven’t been training, feel free to join in. Really! Don’t feel … [Read more…]
In a post last week, I wrote about some easy New Year’s fitness 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 … [Read more…]
When baby #2 was about 6 months old and I was still holding on to all of the pregnancy weight and still eating like I was pregnant, I decided to take matters into my own hands and I joined a gym, hired a personal trainer and committed myself to exercising as much as possible. I became a gym rat, … [Read more…]