When I was training for my first marathon, I was blissfully unaware of the preparations that I should have been making along the way, all the way to race day. I followed my dad’s training calendar that he wrote for me right down to the last mile, but didn’t look much further. I was alone at college, on the…
Sometimes, I seriously want to slap people that complain about not having time to workout. For real. If you have time to zone out on Facebook and Instagram, you have 20 minutes to get yo’ ass into gear. The amount of time you spend thinking about it, check Facebook, and think about it again, is time that could easily be…
You hear it all the time: Cross-train. For those of us focused on shattering PRs in our upcoming races, we often default to the tempting thought that the more runs we log on the calendar, the better we get. Wrong. Another common thought is that you don’t need to hit the gym or ever use weights (“because I don’t want…
Well, I did it. I finally hit “register” on my first 100 miler. I’ve been talking about this for a while, but always felt like I never had enough time to dedicate to training for a race of this magnitude. The reality of the situation is that I will never have an ideal schedule, I have to make it a…
Hey everyone! I’m Kelsey from #NotAFashionBlogger, and am SO excited to share a bit of my own tips and tricks when it comes to fitness and making it effortlessly fun, while also helping you learn how to do it in an effortlessly cute way. Plus I have sass, which is probably why Mandy thought I’d be relevant over here. So. Here…