Meet The Bloggers!

Slo Jo, who is usually found in her native environment (curled up with a book on a cozy couch sipping wine with multiple dogs around her)), recently discovered she is not getting any younger and decided to train for a half-marathon. Through the patience and support of her friends, plenty of pinot, and one asthma attack later, she persevered and finished her first half in San Diego this June. Slo Jo has reluctantly pursued her running through the hot summer months in Phoenix and is signed up for another half in November and the full marathon (the subject of this blog) in New Orleans in February. Slo Jo feels that if she can do it, anyone can do it. Or more to the point--if the people on the Biggest Loser can do it, surely she can, too

Toe-Shoes Tina has recently begun to not despise (maybe sometimes even enjoy) running after years of an on-again/off-again relationship with the sport.  She ran her first half marathon when her oldest child was seven months old.  Since then, Tina has had a second child and run three more half marathons, the last two in Vibram Five Fingers.  Tina struggles with an aversion to training runs because she very much prefers more aggressive exercise, like boxing, muay thai, soccer, and hockey.   While generally a fitness junkie, she has lacked the commitment to meaningfully train for a distance event.   Tina hopes the threat of public failure inherent in blogging will motivate her to adequately train for her first full marathon, the Rock n Roll New Orleans.  Knowing her weaknesses, Tina has chosen a training plan that requires only three runs per week, so she does not have to give up the martial arts she loves (all of her friends and family can tell you that she should not go more than a couple days without hitting a heavy bag).  She will also reward her training successes with plenty of wine along the way.

We look forward to sharing our training experiences with you!