Five Reasons To Ride| Revolve Indoor Cycling

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Coco

If you live in the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Northern Virginia and the Maryland suburbs, that should be the only reason you need to check out Revolve–an indoor cycling studio in the Clarendon section of Arlington, Virginia–but just in case you still are on the fence, here are five more reasons.

5 Reasons To Ride Revolve Indoor Cycling

  1. Indoor cycling is a fun way to work up an incredible sweat in full air-conditioning.
  2. Indoor cycling is great cross-training for running.
  3. Indoor cycling is a safer way to cross-train for running than road biking, especially when you are still learning to use clipless shoes on your road bike.
  4. Indoor cycling is a great way to fit in an extra training day for an epic bike ride.
  5. Revolve is conveniently located in the Clarendon section of Arlington, Virginia, has great instructors, and offers several different types of classes at different times of day.

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Ragnar Training — Hills And Other Craziness

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Coco

Did you enter my RevolveDC 5 Ride Package giveaway? You can enter every day!

Week 2 of my Ragnar training included hill repeats, another double run (you can read about my first double run here), and an 11 mile long run. It was a crazy week, but I still managed to get all of my workouts in.

Ragnar

Monday: 45 minute strength training
Tuesday: 5.25 mile neighborhood (9:12 pace)
Wednesday: 45 minute Body Ride at RevolveDC
Thursday: Hill Repeats @ 5 am, 4 mile run @ 5 pm Continue reading →

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Recipes For Three Easy Summer Salads

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Coco

Last weekend we had some friends over for dinner. My husband was in charge of the main course (grilled fish and grilled chicken), and I took responsibility for everything else–mostly to make sure that we had more than chips and dip to round out our meal! I decided to make three easy summer salads to give everyone plenty to choose from.

Easy Summer Salads
The first salad I made was a simple tomato and cucumber salad. Once again, I was lucky to be able to use vegetables and herbs from my Mom’s garden. Continue reading →

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10 Essential WordPress Plugins

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Coco

For this week’s installment of my Blog Tip Tuesday series I am going to share my top ten essential WordPress plugins. (If you missed my post on how I am blogging smarter with CoSchedule, please check it out here!)

Essential WordPress Plugins
As I pulled up my list of plugins to write this post I realized that I have 28 active plugins-yikes! Some of them are standard plugins like Jetpack and WP101, but most are ones that I’ve added to improve my blog or make blogging  easier.  Here is my list of ten WordPress plugins I think are most essential.  Continue reading →

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Indoor Cycling At Revolve Ride Package Giveaway

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Coco

This month not only marks my fourth year of blogging, it also marks my first anniversary of indoor cycling at RevolveDC. The great people at Revolve were willing to help me celebrate both anniversaries by letting me host a giveaway for a Revolve 5 ride package–the same package that got me hooked on RevolveDC when I won it from MCM Mama last year!

Smiling At Revolve

My smile doesn’t get anymore genuine than that!

I was hooked on indoor cycling at RevolveDC after my first class. I have never had so much fun working so hard, and I have never sweat so much in full-blast air conditioning! 

As I kept going back to RevolveDC, I came up with a number of reasons why I love indoor cycling. You can read about them in this post here (also linked in the image below).

Spin Bike

In the fall, I tried to get in a Revolve ride at least once a week to help me get ready for the epic bike ride my husband and I were planning to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary

 Doesn’t every one ride 67 miles for their anniversary lunch?

After I surprised myself with a PR at the Army Ten Miler, I realized that cycling really is good cross-training for my running. 

This giveaway has ended, but if you live in the Northern Virginia area–including Washington, D.C. or the Maryland suburbs–you really should check out RevolveDC. 

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