Workout I Did: The Nike Santa Monica 10K

Just a reminder that this is our new feature called Workout I Did. Read them all and feel the workout love here! I love when I prove my inner Negative Nancy wrong. You’d think that because I’ve chosen to live a healthy lifestyle that I’d be the most positive gal when it comes to trying new [...]

Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K Race Recap: Setting (and Hitting) a New Type of Goal

This past weekend the FBGs (Jenn, Erin, Tish and Kristen) ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10k in Brooklyn courtesy of Brooks Running. This week, each FBG is sharing how her thoughts on how the race went by answering the three same questions. The difference of answers should be, well, interesting! I flew up to New [...]

Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K Race Recap: Making Peace with the Business of Running

This past weekend the FBGs (Jenn, Erin, Tish and Kristen) ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10k in Brooklyn courtesy of Brooks Running. This week, each FBG is sharing how her thoughts on how the race went by answering the three same questions. The difference of answers should be, well, interesting! This surprised the heck out of me, but [...]

Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K Race Recap: I Found My Inner Runner at Mile 5

This past weekend the FBGs (Jenn, Erin, Tish and Kristen) ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10k in Brooklyn courtesy of Brooks Running. This week, each FBG is sharing how her thoughts on how the race went by answering the three same questions. The difference of answers should be, well, interesting! This weekend was a load of so much [...]

Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K Race Recap: Rocking ‘n’ Rolling in Brooklyn With My Girls

This past weekend the FBGs (Jenn, Erin, Tish and Kristen) ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K in Brooklyn courtesy of Brooks Running. This week, each FBG is sharing how her thoughts on how the race went by answering the three same questions. The difference of answers should be, well, interesting! A race in fall? In Brooklyn? With three [...]

Race Travel: A Few Observations

Although I’ve gone out of town for many, many races, this weekend’s 10K in New York City is the first for which I’ve actually had to get on a plane. As I’m making lists and packing for my trip, I’m realizing that there’s really no “one size fits all” plan for packing for an out-of-town [...]

Tish’s 10K Training: Is Semi-Serious Respectable?

I swear y’all are going to start thinking I’m Jenn’s minion, but I’m taking the same approach to training for our upcoming Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K in Brooklyn, courtesy of Brooks Running. (I’m sure this surprises everyone.) There are many reasons for my lackadaisical approach: I’ve never received warnings that I could die from not training appropriately for six [...]

Erin’s 10K Training: A Valiant Effort

As I mentioned yesterday over on Mamas, I started out my training for the 10k with a bang, totally ready to own the race. I started training early, vowed to be consistent and was setting goals like crazy. I’ve hit a few bumps along the way. First, there was the knee pain. That was really [...]

Two Words to Describe My 10K Training: Bring It

From the title of the post, you probably think that I’ve been training my booty off, getting faster and faster and am ready to PR at our upcoming Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K in Brooklyn (courtesy of Brooks Running). But guess what? That’s sooo not the case. I have no plans to run fast, and I’m not ashamed to [...]

Kristen’s 10K Training Plan (Such as It Is)

In case you haven’t heard, the FBGs (Jenn, Erin, Tish and Kristen) are currently training for the Rock ‘n’ Roll 10K in Brooklyn this October courtesy of Brooks Running. This week, each FBG is sharing how her training—or lack thereof—is going! I’m pretty excited about the upcoming Rock n’ Roll 10K in New York that I’ll be running [...]

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