Kicking Off the Year with a Bang: January Recap
January decided to take no prisoners and go big or go home. Compiling this list of what happened on the blog over the past 31 days, I am humbled and totally jazzed about each and every thing. A huge shout out to YOU, my readers, for joining me on the journey and keeping me company as I fit crashed my way into 2013.
In case you missed it, here’s the skinny on DC Fit Crasher’s January adventures:
- Washingtonian Well+Being featured DC Fit Crasher as one of 9 DC Fitness Bloggers to Read Now
- Washington Post got the inside scoop on how and why I started this blog and wrote about it in an article
- Wrote about my top picks for 2013 fitness trends in Arkansas Life Magazine
- Became a top reviewer on GoRecess
- Joined the masses and set up an account on Pinterest
- Made all of my Bollywood dance sequence dreams come true by crashing Masala Bhangra at Washington Sports Club
- Told the tale of the guy in the beaver costume who beat me on New Years Eve at The Fairfax Four Miler
- Shared my 11-week training plan training plan for the DC Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon
- Actually enjoyed a class called Sufferfest at Off Road DC
- My quick and healthy recipe for a roasted veggie and hummus burrito was shared in TasteBook
- Hit the trails of Rock Creek Park to complete the first Saturday Long Run of half marathon training
- Finally visited a “box” and crashed the Intro to CrossFit class at CrossFit Dupont
- Debunked a few myths about Jazzercise (yes, it’s still around!)
- Enjoyed sweating outside on a January morning at bootcamp with Jaime Andrews Fitness
- Checked out the first Nike Training Camp free workout at the Georgetown store
- Showed you all what equipment I keep at my home gym
- Discovered a bright, fun, tranquil studio in the heart of Adams Morgan at Embrace Yoga with Faith Hunter
- Listed the good and the bad about a few new items of workout clothes and gear
- Chanted in Sanskrit and tapped into my yogic superpowers at Jivamukti Yoga class at Flow Yoga Center
- Popped into the brand spankin’ new Sweetgreen Glover Park store to look around
- Channeled my inner dancing queen at Dance Trance
- Got my tush kicked at a vigorous Energetic Flow yoga workshop at Lululemon with Mimi Rieger and Rob Hess
- Celebrated inauguration weekend at a dance party with YaLa Fitness
- Rekindled my relationship with granola with DC’s newest foodie find, GrohNola
- Drank green juice and home-made kombucha at Puree Juice Bar
- Traveled just outside of DC to crash a spin class at Bethesda’s ZenGo Fitness
Bring it on February!
Allison
February 2, 2013 at 10:17 am (137 days ago)I am so impressed by everything you’ve done this month! You’re one amazing lady! Congrats on all the success and having 31 days to look back on and feel great about
DC Fit Crasher
February 2, 2013 at 10:21 am (137 days ago)Thank you so much! I had to take a moment to let it all sink in as well – January was nuts (in the best way possible)! Keep up the great work on Wicked Healthy, it’s one of my daily reads