Sep 7, 2022
Where Do We Go From Here? Rebooting Your Workout Routine After Time Off
We’ve all been through this together. The start of a pandemic, the closing of facilities, including our workout gyms, adhering…
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Aug 24, 2022
If You Build It, They Will Come: A Conversation with Attorney Rahlita Thornton
Fitness is often a journey and a destination. And, in our quest to achieve our goals, obtain optimal health and…
Aug 17, 2022
A Tale of Two Cities: Training for and Running a Marathon in Different Climates
Training for a marathon—really training for a marathon—requires grit, grind and gratitude. I completed my first and only marathon to date…
Aug 10, 2022
Too hot? Think fall!
Caption: Start your race training in August and you’ll rack up medals by December! While you’re sweating it out in…
Aug 3, 2022
Running Travel Journal: Chicago
When a lot of us take those first steps toward running, we’re happy to just make it around the block.…
Jul 20, 2022
How to Run Races During Inflation
It’s race season, for some your races are already lined up, fees paid and you’re ready to rock and roll.…
Jul 6, 2022
Get Ready for Sweat With Your Sole – #SWYS2022
Are you ready for a weekend of sisterhood? Are you ready for a weekend getaway from the family? Are you…
Jun 8, 2022
Marathon running, relay style!
Call it fulfilling a New Year’s resolution or just seeing some great marketing – when I kept getting ads for…
Jun 3, 2022
A Conversation with ‘Your Total Health Doctor’ Teriya Richmond: Where the Mind, Body & Spirit Meet
Your Total Health (and Spa) Doctor Teriya Richmond’s innovative, intentional and modern model for health- and self-care make her a…
May 25, 2022
Training Tips for the Heat
It’s that time of the year when you begin to feel the temperature rising, the humidity is starting to creep…
May 18, 2022
Smell Ammonia?
Your Body’s Trying to Tell You Something Your body is full of symptoms that typically try to tell you something.…
May 11, 2022
THE POTATO HAS LEFT THE COUCH…AND GONE RUNNING
Are you a couch potato? Did you used to be a couch potato? Do you know a couch potato? Do…
May 4, 2022
When JOY is on E
For the past two years, we have experienced major life changes. The pandemic has brought on all kinds of changes,…
Apr 27, 2022
The Road Back
After two years of avoiding the coronavirus, it finally got me. It started when my younger son developed a cough…
Apr 20, 2022
When Injury Puts You on Ice
As someone who’s run since high school, I’ve experienced my fair share of injuries. Shin splints, pulled muscles, twisted ankles…
Apr 13, 2022
Spring Cleaning
Spring is officially here, and as temps warm, we look to shed layers of clothing, unwanted pounds and clutter. We…
Apr 7, 2022
25th Gift of Life Donor Dash
Help save lives with every step you take by joining Gift of Life and team Black Girls RUN! for the…
Apr 6, 2022
Gratitude Is…
[grat·i·tude | gra-tə-tüd : the state of being grateful; the quality of being thankful; the readiness to acknowledge and show appreciation for.]…
Mar 18, 2022
Encourage Yourself Part Two – The Journey Continues
“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, love yourself, and never doubt who you are.” – Stephanie Lahart, Author March marks my…
Mar 16, 2022
Waiting to Exhale: How to Breathe While Running
Breathing while running comes naturally for some. For others, like me, it takes practice. Proper breathing is part of a…
Mar 11, 2022
Stretch Beyond The Impossible
Road to Selma As you are embarking on big races this year, and honestly, any race this year allow yourself…
Mar 10, 2022
Black Girls RUN! Rep Your City Tees are Officially Back!
From San Diego to Dallas to Hampton Roads, the Black Girls RUN! is a movement! Check out these Rep Your…
Mar 9, 2022
Rest Is Part Of The Program
It’s training season; many have already done many races, while others are starting to hit the pavement. Wherever you are…
Mar 4, 2022
WOMEN OF COLOR AND MENOPAUSE
Menopause = A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s and 50s. Many symptoms become present…
Mar 2, 2022
Calories, Carbs, Protein and other stuff…
The Importance of Keeping a Food Journal You may have started the year out with a resolution or intentions to…
Feb 11, 2022
Summer Bodies are Made in the Winter
Whoever first said summer bodies are made in the winter must have lived where 70ish degrees reside all year round.…
Feb 9, 2022
Going for Goal
January is that time of year that we celebrate closing the chapter of the prior year and eagerly pursue the…
Feb 4, 2022
For the Love of Running
How much do you love running? Be honest – it’s ok if your answer is “not that much.” Many of…
Feb 2, 2022
The Hills Are Alive
I’ve never lived in a city with significant elevation. Most of my training and races have taken on flat surfaces,…
Jan 21, 2022
Winter Warrior
Winter is here, and with its arrival comes earlier sunsets for most, colder temps, lots of layers for some, and…
Jan 19, 2022
New Year, New You?
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail With the ushering in of a new year, we also usher in new hope, new…
Jan 14, 2022
LOOKING AHEAD
Looking ahead. A new year causes us to try to think ahead. A new year causes many of us to…
Jan 12, 2022
Don’t Let Your Fear Take Root
You will more than likely read and hear many New Years’ resolutions in the coming weeks and months. You’ve also…
Jan 7, 2022
Why does Fitness feel so stressful?
It’s the new year and so many thoughts and feelings are running through your head. What races am I doing…
Jan 5, 2022
How do you define Success?
It’s the time of the year where resolutions are being created, goals, aspirations for the new year. As you create…
Dec 14, 2021
Why I’m Thankful
I love Thanksgiving. It’s not so much the holiday itself that I cherish, but the fact that it ushers in…