Do you love your sports bra? Do you search for the perfect bra to make your boobs behave during your runs? Do you even think about how important your sports bra is to your athletic life? If you’re a lady and you spend any time being active, you probably own one. I always took my…
A friend sent me this piece from Outside Magazine contributor, Sam Robinson, discussing how his use of the fitness tracking app Strava has fundamentally changed the way he experiences his runs. He found that the social and competitive features of the app, while invigorating took away from some of the introspective solitary experience of…
I was not looking forward to this race. I started to regret signing up for it a couple weeks before, as you could maybe tell from my post about training. The week of the race I’d been sick most of the week, and the night before I was on the verge of talking myself out…
October 9, 2016, Brooklyn. This was only my second Rock N Roll event, but it was my fourth or fifth half in this area of Brooklyn. The last RnR event I did was also around Prospect Park – it was a 10k in 2013- and had a lot of the same elements. RnR events set…
While I was nursing my 11 week old at 3:44AM my fiancé shared this article with me about #fitmoms and I immediately wanted to write a response because I totally considered myself a #fitmom – that was like three months ago. That’s my #fitmomreality. So this article, in summary, is basically highlighting the trend(?) of…
I’m trying to stay positive about my body. My very different body. I’m six weeks postpartum and I’m emerging slightly from a newborn haze and looking around; looking down…at my body… and thinking, “whhhhaat are you?!”
I promised I would follow up post birth on my comparisons between birth prep and marathon training, so it’s time for my race review: birth edition. So, preparing for birth may be like preparing for a marathon, but is giving birth at all like actually running a marathon? Yes and no. To prepare for…
Because I’m a runner and I’ve 100% drunk the runner Kool-Aid, I compare a lot of things to running (ask me about studying for the bar exam). Throughout the past 9 months as I’ve tried to get ready for birth, a lot of marathon training comparisons having cropped up in my mind. My Lamaze teacher…
I’ve been neglecting my core. I’ve actually been neglecting a lot of strength training in my first half of pregnancy, but now as cardio is getting a little harder strength is coming back in my radar. This week as part of the Holiday Sweat challenge were focusing on core work outs. I had more than…
I had an interesting conversation with my boyfriend last weekend about what separates a beginner runner from non-beginner. He ran his first sub 30min 5K last Saturday and not only was he excited about his awesome PR, but he also said that he finally “felt like a runner.” He’s been running regularly and racing (multiple…
