Events

Week TWO of our Living Fit Winter Challenge

We survived week one of our Living Fit Winter Challenge! Impressive work, keep it up!

Week one highlights…

We had almost 40 participants sign up and close to half of them already logged their week one points – awesome job and an exciting jump from our handful of participants last year! Several [uhum, ladies!] scored over 200 points including Jen, Peggy, Amanda R, Joan, Leah, Christine and Teresa.
There were a wide variety of personal FIT goals including workout 4x per week, do 30 pushups per day, drink tea/water instead of coffee and wine, lose one+ pounds per week, keep a food journal, eat one+ servings of fruits and veggies per day… and more! So many people met [and crushed] their goals!

Week two info…

We’ve separated sweets and adult beverages so you can now earn points for BOTH (or neither!)
DOUBLE POINTS challenge this week is 64 oz of water, so get in your daily allotment and you can earn 10 pts per day! Read more about water in one of our previous blog posts… water, water, water.
BONUS CHALLENGE options for week 2 ~ CHOOSE TWO as its a 50 POINT MAXIMUM.
1. Attend HARBOR YOGA or your favorite yoga studio (25 points)
2. Get together with some FIT friends! Join us for Book Club on Thurs, organize a group run or join us next Saturday for a group FIT session… anything where you’re sweating it out with a friend! Can’t count the yoga class from option 1 as both, must be two separate occasions 🙂 (25 points)
3. Log MORE points than you did last week! (25 points)

Other news ~ email us @ LivingFitColumbus@gmail.com for more info or to share ideas…

Its HARBOR YOGA week, try to get in a class! A few are going Wed night to Angie’s 7PM class and a few more on Saturday morning. A FIVE CLASS PASS from Harbor is one of the LF winter challenge prizes, so keeping logging those points!
We have our first Living Fit holiday gathering and FIT book club meeting this Thursday
We will be submitting a guest blog post to ClassPass the end of December. If you have any feedback on our topic, “Training for a Half Marathon with friends ~ why we train together” please send it our way
We want to know what spring events you’re training for!
- Scioto Miles Spring Training Series – Christine, Lan, Deedra, Peggy, Mahvish, Jen, Amanda R, Teresa
- Mini Indy Half – Jen, Christine, Amanda R
- Cap City – ?
Upcoming events include an Open House on Jan 4th for Fair Trade Yoga and [hopefully] a Barre event at Bend in late January. More details to come!

GOOD LUCK WITH WEEK 2! You can do this!

Run+Yoga event @ Bend Active [Tour of Columbus]

Our Living Fit Columbus runners kicked off our winter fitness challenge & met up with Bend Active this morning for a fun RUN + YOGA event. A big thanks to Bend, Fair Trade Yoga, Samba Fresh, Living Fit runners and all the other sponsors & participants that made today fun! Great sweating with all these pretty faces!

Run + Yoga Living Fit group schedule

Winter brings colder temperatures, inclement weather and… more yoga! As much as we love running, when its 10 degrees and the street is covered with 6 inches of snow, a [heated] yoga class sounds much more appealing. Keep up your endurance by hitting the treadmill every now and then, but come join us for some yoga love!

Here is our [tentative] winter schedule. It may change based on weather (we won’t meet if its below 20/25 degrees ) and other items that come about. We’ll keep you posted via our FB page!

Sat Nov 15 – YOGA or RUN [some doing 8AM Harbor class, some doing 3 mile run, some doing PAI class]
Sat Nov 22 – RUN
Thurs Nov 27 – Thanksgiving Day run in Waterford Village – bring your family, friends & burn off some pre-meal calories!
Sat Nov 29 – NOT MEETING – Enjoy your families over the holidays 🙂
Sat Dec 6 – YOGA
Sun Dec 7 – Run/yoga event @ Bend Active
Sat Dec 13 – RUN
Sat Dec 20 – YOGA
Sat Dec 27 – NOT MEETING – Enjoy your families over the holidays 🙂
Sat Jan 3 – RUN
Sat Jan 10 – YOGA
Sat Jan 17 – RUN
Sat Jan 24 – YOGA
Sat Jan 31 – RUN
Sat Feb 7 – YOGA
Sat Feb 14 – RUN **Mid February begins the 12 week training program for spring half marathons. We can begin meeting weekly for group runs again if we decide to!

Tune in soon for Lan’s post on DRESSING FOR WINTER RUNS!

Tour of Columbus ~ Emerald City Quarter [and half] Marathon

Several of our Living Fit Columbus and ptown runners participated in the Emerald City Half and Quarter Marathon yesterday in Dublin. Our runners all did the quarter and everyone finished strong!

6:30AM and ready to run!

The race is hosted by M3S Sports and the main sponsor this year was Ohio Health. The pacers were provided by MIT and ours helped us finish ahead of schedule. Even though Amanda, Teresa, Deedra and Christine all set a new PR, the Snowville Creamery chocolate milk at the end was probably the best thing about the whole day. 🙂

We all had a great race and hope to make it a Living Fit Columbus tradition!

Emerald City Quarter Marathon

Independence FIT Celebration[s]

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Today’s exercise…

We got in our workout today ~ an Independence 3 mile run or 2 mile walk [choice]. Lots of neighbors, strollers and fitness fun! And of course, we got coffee afterwards @ Winans Dublin.

30 day Yoga challenge…

We are taking a yoga REST today (can’t quite tackle the fallen angel pose from #independencearmy anyhow) but will double up and do at least 20 minutes tomorrow. Don’t EVER feel guilty if you need to adjust your training plans every now and then and ALWAYS give your body a chance to rest! We did do some stretching after our run, so you can count that if you must 🙂

Instagram challenge… Get DOWN dog!

Today’s post request was your favorite yoga pose. Although we didn’t do a full yoga session today, we did make time to bust out our favorite pose! Teresa chose DOWNWARD DOG. Not only is this move a relaxing stretch of the lower back and hamstrings (great for runners), it is also one of JPs favorite things to do. Call it downward dog or Londong bridge… he loves to do it, watch it, climb on it! A few photos for your viewing pleasure…

Downward dog – climbing on Gigi

Downward dog – watching momma

Downward dog – LS & her yoga mini

Yoga @ home – his favorite pose!

Living Fit on the beach

And last but not least, today’s inspirational quote…

See you tomorrow!

Living Fit [Columbus] June updates

The last month has brought a lot of FIT memories including…

Short North walking tour ~ this was more food than fitness, but we did learn about spices and how to make dishes healthy, but tasty. And we did walk 1.5 miles, so it was some fitness!
POGA classes ~ Post your pics@ #Pogacolumbus
[Teresa, Joey & Carrie] A trip to Hilton Head which included walks and jogs on the beach, tennis, biking & beach yoga with Jiva Yoga Center
Our weekly runs ~ Thursdays with lululemon polaris and Saturdays @ Winans coffee shop in Dublin ~ including a few speed sessions @ the track
Watching the World Cup [this counts, right?!] U-S-A!
[Teresa, Joey & Peggy] Currently in Wisconsin, looking forward to our first ever Stand Up Paddleboard [SUP] yoga session on Sunday
Strength & movement class and a FITness photo shoot with Lori Crock from Movestrong Kettlebells in Dublin ~ RECAP BELOW….

Lori created a Strength and Movement class just for us runners! What I love about Lori is that she asks your fitness goals and then creates custom workouts to meet those goals [vs having a set program and expecting you to adapt to it!] We want to cross train and build strength as runners so she incorporated that into our routine.

We met in her garage studio in the back, although she will soon be moving locations. Lori had us do circuits of all things strength including rope climbing, ax chopping, kettle bell swinging and deadlifts… SO. MANY. DEADLIFTS! Our heart rates were up the entire time and it was an excellent workout. Its funny how your body adapts to certain exercises… I can run 6 miles with no side effects, but after Lori’s class I was sore [in a good way] for days. My glutes were the most sore, those dang deadlifts! I would highly recommend Lori if you are looking to mix up your normal routine. She specializes in kettle bell classes, but also offers a variety of other movement classes.

Movestrong Kettlebells

Lori Crock Movestrong Kettlebells

We hope to give overviews/reviews of more of these activities individually, but for now you can just look for yourself through our gallery below. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this should do for now…

POGA @ McFerson Commons/Arch Park

POGA – instructor Nicole Salvo from Pai Yoga & Fitness

POGA @ McFerson Commons/Arch Park

Short North Walking Tour

Heading to Hilton Head

Living Fit on the beach

Tuesday Track Sessions

POGA @ Scioto Audubon Park

POGA @ Scioto Audubon Park

Yoga @ home – his favorite pose!

Soccer in Wisconsin

SUP yoga in Wisconsin [stay tuned!]

lululemon + Harbor Yoga

Hope you will make some time to join us for some events this summer.

Email LivingFitColumbus@gmail.com to get on our e-blast list!

Weekly FIT events

Living Fit [Columbus] agenda for the week of June 9…

Tuesday – Speed sessions at Sells Middle School @ 4:30PM

Several of our Living Fit members have registered for the Emerald City quarter or half marathon. Speed training is essential if you are hoping for a new PR! Check out our previous post on the benefits of speed training HERE.

Wednesday – Lift & Run, Strength & Movement Class @ 6:45PM

Thursday – POGA – Pop up yoga in the park @ 6:30PM *This is in place of our normal Thursday group run*

Saturday – Group run @ 9AM – meet @ Winans in Dublin for a 3-4 mile run & coffee after

Living Fit run club Saturdays @9AM

Four FIT events for only $10 – can’t beat that!

Hope to see you this week!

Weekly FIT events

POGA was a blast this week, thanks to all who joined [both our group and just in general!]!

We have heard only FABULOUS things about Nicole Salvo, her yogi methods, her amazing new juice bar… we will definitely be checking these out!

Click the photo on the right for an overview of native, compliments of one of our favorite bloggers, Katie Krysh from MyKeepCalmandCarryOn.com –>

The next POGA event is on June 12th, so we will attend that instead of our Thursday night run that evening. More to come in the JUNE NEWS and EVENTS toward the end of the month.

Living Fit [Columbus] agenda for today…

8AM Nature Run w/ Lori Crock in downtown Dublin – MovNat Nature Run – natural movement using what the environment has to offer so this is more like a 2-3 mile run with strength training
9-9:30 AM – Our regular group run at Winans in Dublin, coffee following at 9:30 (Peggy & I have to head out shortly after as we are attending the Short North Walking & Food Tour at 11, her Mother’s Day gift!)

**Both runs are FREE, come get in a good workout!

Hope to see you, have a fabulous Memorial Weekend & check back soon for updates and recaps on our FIT adventures around Columbus!

Join us for POGA!

We will NOT host our ptownrunclub Thursday night run tonight, as we will be attending POGA!

Join us for…

Photo & info credit to… www.insidevancouver.ca & lululemon polaris events

Join us tonight for a FUN FIT SESSION at lululemon Polaris!

We have TWO lulu manifesto tips this week…

~ lululemon athletica creates components for people to live longer, healthier and more fun lives. If we can produce products to keep people active and stress-free, we believe the world will become a much better place.

~ write down your short and long-term GOALS four times a year. Two personal, two business and two health goals for the next 1, 5 and 10 years. Goal setting triggers your subconscious computer.

Join us tonight at lululemon Polaris

for a FUN FIT session

to see these manifesto tips in ACTION!

Details ~

When: Thursday, April 24 @ 7:30PM at the lululemon athletica Polaris location

What: We will…

meet the lulu P-town team
go over awesome lululemon products that are right for YOU ~ are you a runner? a yogi? just want to be comfy, casual?
discuss goal-setting, a BIG part of lulu’s culture
take ~~some~~ LOTS of photos, so let us know which is your ‘good side.’ 🙂

Hope to see you there!