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…
2016 has been a crazy year for everyone. Let’s put that behind us and keep moving forward. Katie Start running again: I focused on getting healthy and letting my ankle heal on 2016, which meant little to no running. I spent the year getting stronger and making strength gains, but I want to make an…
Its that time of year again! Time to start finding gifts for all the folks in our lives and time to send your parents a gift wish-list so you don’t end up with another decorative bowl. Here are a few of the things we think would be great presents for any fitness lover! Checkout our…
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…
Back in December when we were setting our fitness goals for 2016, I said I wanted to run a 10k in the summer and a half marathon in the fall. I ran the NYRR Women’s Mini back in June, and I’ll be doing the Rock N Roll Brooklyn Half this coming Saturday. So I’ve been training since…
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…
