City Fit Girls: Why Group Runs Are Absolutely Amazing


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I’ve been following City Fit Girls for years. City Fit Girls was created to connect women with health & fitness resources and inspiration to live healthy lifestyles at home, school and in the workplace.

When I first joined Instagram I was inspired by one of their co-founders, Kiera Smalls, who embraced an active and healthy lifestyle. I had the pleasure of featuring her on iAmHealthyFit a while back.

As soon as City Fit Girls announced their ambassador program, I submitted my application and was thrilled to be accepted as an ambassador. After following such an amazing group of women for years, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to officially join their family.

Why City Fit Girls

While City Fit Girls is based out of Philadelphia, in the past year, they’ve started hosting pop-up running sessions in different cities. I was extremely excited about these sessions because I have not been able to run with them in Philly.

A few months ago they hosted a session in NYC, and I was a little sad because I recently moved from NY to DC. You can imagine my excitement when I received their newsletter and saw that Kiera and Takia were hosting a run in DC!

The run was scheduled for last week Saturday (February 20th, 2016) and DC surprised us with great running weather. We met at the Smithsonian Metro station at about 9 am. When I arrived, I joined the group of roughly 15 – 20 ladies ready to conquer some miles.

The Rules “No”

  • Running through red lights
  • Headphones
  • Dogs
  • Boys
  • Have fun!

We ran 3 miles around some of the monuments and were encouraged to chat with someone we did not know. Since I was alone, that wasn’t difficult. The run itself was cool, although I’ve been living in DC for over a year, this was my first time running in that area. It was beautiful!

As a runner, I’ve never been a fan of running in groups. I like to run alone and get lost in the music and the miles. But I am working on trying new things and stepping outside of my comfort zone. I am very happy I did! It was different but very fun!

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We ended at the Protein Bar near Gallery Place, which had delicious, healthy goodies! Can’t thank Kiera and Takia enough for hosting this run and connecting me to other runners in the area! Check them out and if you are in DC join us for the next running date on March 19th!

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