We are lucky to live in a neighborhood with so many options to stay fit. I love sampling the many boutique fitness studios that have popped up in the area. However, landing a spot –especially during peak times– can feel a bit like scoring a table at Rose’s Luxury: Worth the effort but requires planning […]
How are your New Year’s Resolutions coming along? Did you resolve to run more, sign up for a 5K or some other race distance? Or have you decided to update your resolutions to learn how to knit a warm sweater and binge-watch Netflix during these cold and windy winter months? I get it. I was never […]
“Why on earth would anyone run a marathon?” This was my thought every year as I cheered for neighbors and my gym teacher at the NYC marathon, blocks from my childhood home. The cheering was fun—the running, not so much. Didn’t these people realize they could get to Central Park quicker by subway than by […]
Hi! I’m Kathy Pugh and I run marathons. It wasn’t always this way. I hated running. When I began running thirteen years ago, I was an overweight new mom suffering from postpartum depression. I turned to running as a way to reclaim my life and to set a good example for my daughter. On April […]
Every year, more than 4,000 runners come out to participate in the Capitol Hill Classic, a fundraiser to support the Capitol Hill Cluster Schools. Until this year, however, official training programs were run only out of Georgetown. Thanks to our newest fitness apparel store, Summit to Soul, anyone looking to improve their distance or speed can run […]