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How Fashletics Made it to The CrossFit Games

It is essential to my existence that what I am doing makes a difference in the lives of others. (Not to be overly dramatic or anything.)  Fashletics is more than a catchy tagline and a collection of cute charms.  Counting the number of website hits and calculating sales revenue is not enough to keep a company going and it is definitely not enough to keep me inspired and dedicated.

Yes, I love what I do… but I love the people that I do it for even more. 

A dedication to health and fitness brings confidence, strength, balance, and happiness to my life.  I believe it is essential to survival both physically and mentally.  One of my goals with Fashletics is to spread this message.  The Fashletics collection is meant to inspire you to commit, to work, to compete, to achieve, and to take pride in your sweat and muscles.  Since the beginning of Fashletics in 2010, a lot as changed...

 

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Fashlete of the YEAR!

The History of Fashlete of The Month:

Fashlete of the Month started in November, 2010.  I posted a simple question on my facebook page: "What motivates you?"  Not only did I get a chain of beautiful answers, I started getting emails from people who wanted to share more about how their commitment to health and fitness has had a profound effect on their daily life. 

Fashletics has always been about celebrating the "athlete within" and commemorating people's dedication to fitness. It is about making fitness a part of your daily life and reaping the rewards that happen inside and outside the gym.  When people started sharing their personal stories with me, all I could think was "Other people need to hear this." I wanted Fashlete of the Month to become a source of inspiration full of stories of facing challenges and overcoming obstacles all through a dedication to fitness.  I am happy to say that this is exactly what it has happened...

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Heraean Games Recap - Top 6 Moments


"There's no bond like the kind that Crossfit women share.
Sisters in iron, sweat, pain and glory."

- Ivana, Heraean Games 2012  

From just 35 competitors in its first year to over 100 in it's second, The Heraean Games is quickly turning into something bigger than I could have imagined... and this is only the beginning.  Here are my top 6 favorite moments from our 2nd Annual Heraean Games, a Women's CrossFit competition...

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The Definition of Winning

If you believe in yourself,

have dedication and pride and never quit,

you'll be a winner.

The price of victory is high,

but so are the rewards.

-Paul Bryant

My friend Kelly put this quote on her Facebook wall yesterday.  I googled the quote and found out it was by Paul Bryant who was a football coach for the University of Alabama. But when I read it on Kelly’s wall I felt like it was written just for me.

Like most athletes, I am hard on myself.  But lately I’ve been more frustrated than usual, I’ve been negative, and I basically feel like I’m falling into a black hole of self doubt.  I read this quote and it hit me hard. I felt like Kelly had unknowingly tossed me a life preserver.  I stared at the words and thought, “The answer is here somewhere.”  So I started dissecting it.  And the more I dissected it the closer I got to my life preserver…

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Strength and Endurance: Can We Have Both?

Strength and Endurance:

Can We Have Both?

No one ever told me I could be strong.  From an early age I was told I had “the body of a runner.”  Translation: you are tall and skinny and should probably stay away from sports that involve physical contact with another human being or heavy objects.

So I became a runner because that is what I thought I was “supposed” to be.  For a long time, I let my body type direct my athletic destiny.  From one perspective you could say it worked out well.  I joined the track and cross-country teams in high school, came to love the discipline of training, and enjoyed the camaraderie that came with being a part of a team.

I left for college, still a runner at heart but without a team to be a part of.  I wasn’t nearly fast enough for the University of Michigan track team, so I just laced up my shoes and hit the pavement on my own.  I wasn’t sure what I was training for, all I knew was that I couldn’t stop competing whether I was asked to be on a team or not.

Training for nothing got old pretty fast so I registered for the Chicago Marathon.  I found a training program online that I followed religiously during my junior year of college.  It was a typical “long slow distance” (LSD) training calendar that would increase my mileage weekly, my longest runs always falling on a Saturday.  The calendar worked me up to two 20-mile runs that I was to complete roughly 6 and 4 weeks before the marathon.

I ran the Chicago Marathon in October of 2001 and finished in a time of 3 hours 51 minutes.  I was so pumped after this experience that I immediately signed up for the San Diego Marathon which would take place the following June.  I followed the same training program and finished the San Diego Marathon in… wait for it… 3 hours 52 minutes.  That is zero improvement. It’s actually a little worse than zero improvement, but let’s not split hairs...

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