If you’re a regular here, you know that I’m training for the TCS New York City Marathon.  (Yes, that’s me looking like a post-long run mess in the picture) … Training for this started slower than I would have liked while I was also training for the Norwalk Triathlon. Following the tri I could finally focus only on marathon training, things… Read More

With another birthday on the horizon, I’m reminded that as I get older, my health is even more important. I wish I could say that I’ve fully embraced my thirties but truthfully, I’m self conscious about aging. I often find myself wishing I didn’t have to get older and thinking about everything I took for granted in my 20s. I truly… Read More

After my third year at the Athleta IronGirl Triathlon, I decided I wanted to try something new and small in the tri-state area and settled on the TriFitness Norwalk Triathlon. In year’s past, the race had been all women but it’s now open to men and women and I must say, there were quite a few men taking advantage! I had originally… Read More

  Lately, life has been crazy hectic. Between marathon training, coaching clients, working on new projects for Marissa’s Well-being and Health and of course, wedding planning, some days fly by so quickly I barely know what happened. I’m constantly re-evaluating how I structure my days and one of the reasons I love David so much is because while I would… Read More

The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Reebok After attending the Tara Stiles yoga event at the Reebok FitHub Union Square last week, I went back again for a running event with Olympian and Reebok Running Ambassador Carrie Tollefson where I also got to try out the new Reebok ZQuick running shoe. Carrie led a group run from… Read More

I was flattered by the positive responses I got on my post, 9 Things I’m Glad I Did Before I Get Married and 1 Ting I Wish I Had. I don’t always share so openly and I struggle with hitting publish on the more personal posts, so I really appreciate the feedback. Continuing in the same personal vein, I’m posting today… Read More

The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Reebok. I’m convinced that even if you live in a big, expensive city like New York City, you can still achieve fitness on a budget. In fact, I’d bargain that you can even create an entire WEEK or MONTH of free or inexpensive workouts using the resources this city has… Read More

It’s Summer — and the start of Marathon training season – so what better time to talk about hydration before, during and after exercise. Personally, drinking water has always been a struggle for me. I never liked it until I started forcing myself to drink it and now I actually do like it. Sure, it can be boring at times… Read More