Good afternoon!!
Last night I had the chance to run-to-barre with our new boutique barre studio – barre.[d]. (It’s pronounced barred and not barre. D.) The studio’s founder and owner, Hanna, invited me in to test out a class. It’s right on Water Street next to Hot Yoga Cville.
The class, called run-to-barre.[d], begins with a 3ish mile run and ends with a barre workout. My kinda workout! I love running with other people, and this was the perfect opportunity to meet new friends. I ran there, about a mile from home, and then we covered about 2.7 miles around downtown. Those 2.7 miles went by so fast! Before we knew it we were back at the studio taking our shoes off for some strength and stretching.
barre.[d] is Hanna’s creation from her experience in other barre studios. barre.[d] studio “works in a neutral spine during postures, focusing on pulling in the transverse abdominals (the deepest lower portion of your core!) and relaxing through the lower back-promoting a healthy back and strong spine.” It’s a smaller studio with class sizes of 12-14, and they offer a wide range of classes – from the running one to cardio-based to prenatal and classic barre. As a cardio girl, I’m really excited to try some barre that has me break a sweat!
THIS is exciting: Starting April 7, the run-to-barre.[d] class will be a FREE community class!! The barre portion of the class is tailored to runners to tone and stretch. And what better way to make friends than a group run before class?
ALSO – barre.[d] received a grant to put in childcare facilities, so they will be offering a small room for kiddos to play (with supervision of course) starting later this spring. Thumbs up!
My post-run class was great – a nice concentrated burn for the arms, glutes and abs, plus a good stretch
Once the workout was over I walked home, covering almost 7 miles for the whole day per the Jawbone.
For dinner, Matt and I had leftovers from the Blue Apron meal Blake and I made earlier in the day. Plus some rose wine!
Breakfast this morning was plain Siggi’s yogurt with cereal, ground flax, mango, and strawberries. Simple + good!
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
What a fun class! I need to get back to doing barre!
Linda@ TheFitty says
Looks danceresque and very exiting with the incorporation of running. I wish there were more studios like this near me.
Katie says
love how simple yet nourishing you meals are! Sounds like a great workout to me!
Kaila at Healthy Helper Blog says
I love the combo of running and a barre workout! Wen I’ve tried barre in the past I never found it challenging enough so pairing a run with it would be great!
Lisa @bitesforbabies says
I would love to do that!! By the way, your new logo looks fantastic
KathEats says
Thanks!
Shawn says
Your meals look delicious, as always! What kind of cereal do you eat in your yogurt?
KathEats says
Cheerios!
Janelle @Wholly Healthy says
Running and barre sounds like my kind of class!
Julia says
The salmon and salad looks yummy!
Kristen says
I LOVE barre.[d]! I’ve been going regularly for a couple of weeks and I really like all of the instructors. I haven’t ventured past the beginner & classic classes though!
Megan says
Do you have any recommendations for a good, easy-to-find Rose? Sounds so refreshing for spring!
KathEats says
I don’t have a go to rose (other than Crose here in Cville) but this was Inman Family Wines from the Russian River. A Pinot Noir rose. It was fab!