subtitle: Oh, People, Ive been a bad bad running misfit. What I loved about the W series Walkman mp3 player: Drag and drop. Im a Luddite, People. The ability to just drag songs from my itunes and plop em right into the headset iconthang (technical term)was amazing. Quick charge battery. Im always the one who forgets to charge her mp3 player because I only use it for running ... Continue Reading
Buying a treadmill (video/plea for help).
Dear MizFit, My husband, who dislikes the cardio as I do, recently mentioned he'd like to own a treadmill. Needless to say Im shocked. While Im not sure we currently have the fundage (technical term) Id love your amazing readers' insights on home treadmills they own or long to own. Id appreciate all thoughts from DREAM treads (the super pricey) to CHEAP dreads (non-motorized ... Continue Reading
Bouncing back from an injury (guest post).
Bouncing Back from an Injury I am a runner. Well, I was a runner until an injury put a complete halt on my running endeavors… I ran the Disney World Marathon January 10 and a week later had some pain in my knee. I ignored it and kept running. Over my next few runs it got worse. This teaches us our first lesson of the day: NEVER run through knee pain. After a few more painful runs I ... Continue Reading
Women’s Day Magazine & bodybuilding.
I was recently interviewed about running by Women's Day radio & the bodybuilding post below is something Ive yammered about for a while. It's new & old Monday up in herre I guess. Radio? NEW. Too long post below? MizFit in general? NotSoMuch. Please to enjoy... Body by my design What would motivate a 32-year-old woman to diet like an ascetic for 12 weeks, pedal more ... Continue Reading
What are YOU capable of? (guest post)
Please to enjoy the amazing blogging wonder who is KAT. Did you know you are capable of more than you think? You are. I never used to think I was capable of much. I knew I was good in school and things like that, but never set many lofty goals for myself. I always viewed myself as no one special from nowhere special. I guess it was about the time I married my husband I began to realize ... Continue Reading
What I learned during my first half marathon.
Subtitle: All in bullets as that's how my brain is working right now. Maria, Lisa & me after the race. Three tired princesses. *There is 100 % a fineline between stress & excitement. We don't call it stresscitement around herre for nothing. On the plane I was excited. I was terrified. I fantasized about half-marathon running totally becoming my passion and wondered when & ... Continue Reading
Princess half-marathon musings…
(As in really really post-race. Pre-shower.) My initial thoughts about yesterday's runtastic experience. And yes, perhaps to your chagrin, a longer post is coming later Im sure. For today Im off to play grownup in Disney (which is, indeed, an oxymoron). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxT2sIUpBzo ... Continue Reading
It’s RACE DAY (video post from crack of dawn)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kgkvwMCIWY ... Continue Reading
I’m off and…
traveling. Have a great Friday & I'll be checking in (*gasp*) from DISNEY! As you all kindly clarified for me last week ANYONE can read my tweet/see the pics & video in my stream simply by clicking HERE. Ive still nary a clue what my Disney Media Mixer duties entail but if you will be in Orlando PLEASE let me know! MizFit08 at yahoo dot com or @ me on Twitter. And thanks to ... Continue Reading
One final half-marathon training tip:
It never hurts to drag complete & total strangers into your CHEERINGcorner. They may get a smile out of it and you definitely will. Im heading to Florida tomorrow, People. I cant believe it... ... Continue Reading