Beauty and the beast: A flatlander takes on the Big Sur marathon
There’s always a moment during a big race when you ask yourself just why the hell you signed up for this thing. During most races, that moment comes when you […]
There’s always a moment during a big race when you ask yourself just why the hell you signed up for this thing. During most races, that moment comes when you […]
Let’s talk about the word “chicked.” I mentioned the word in an article last week about the paradox of pink, and a couple of commenters were dismayed to learn that […]
I experienced a first as a runner this weekend. No, I didn’t come in first place at a race, nor did I soil myself while running. I didn’t lose a […]
One of my favorite running outfits consists of a hot-pink racer-back tank top, a black running skirt and a pair of fluorescent green-and-pink shoes. The outfit is so obnoxiously bright […]
This is just a quick post to let you all know that Fit and Feminist is now on Facebook! I’ve been using the account to share links to my posts […]
The other day I was reading this post about competitive powerlifting over at xoJane – and by the way, I loved the author’s enthusiasm for lifting, but was not so […]
Earlier today, more than 22,000 runners lined up in Hopkinton, Mass., to run the Boston Marathon, and nearly half of those runners were women. So many women run Boston – […]
There’s a saying in recovery groups, that you are only as sick as your secrets. Some of those secrets are rather benign, like maybe we used to wet the bed […]
A lot of pixels have been lit up over the phenomenon of “thinspo,” which if you don’t know by now is a cutesy abbreviation for “thinspiration.” Thinspo usually consists of […]
Pretty much every runner – and even some non-runners! – I know was buzzing about this New York Times article about masters champion Kathy Martin. Martin took up running seriously […]