This post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Koss.

I'm not usually one for holiday gift guides, but I do have a handful of pretty awesome sponsors this month whose products would make wonderful presents for the people on your Christmas list.

First up is Koss, whose Fit Buds and Fit Clips are actually changing my life. I've been using the same old earbuds for years, and they're worn to bits and fall out of my head with every other step I take. Koss' female designers teamed up with Gold Medalist Dara Torres to create the world's first headphones designed specifically for women.

Also, they're just really fun.

Get 'em at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Walgreens, Kmart, or Sears this season. Happy holidays!

Thank you again for your support as I take on a few more sponsors this month. I only work with brands that I love or use myself, so I hope you find these partnerships of mine beneficial to you in some way.

The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Mizuno.

 

Mizunos were a thing when I was running cross country in high school. My teammates--some of whom are still my best friends now--and I coveted them, always excited about the newest version of Wave Riders as we prepared for races; matching green uniforms and pink bows tied around our ponytails. They were bright and shiny and made us feel like we could do anything, and that, paired with a fabulous coach and summer two-a-days made us a team of pretty respectable runners.

 

A stress fracture kept me from running in college, but I have continued along since then on my own. Running has gotten me through every season of my life so far. Several of my high school girlfriends and I still run today, which always makes me smile to think about us in three or four cities across the country every morning, lacing up our sneakers and singing Disney princess songs in our heads. You never know what's going to connect you to the people you love later in life.

 

 

  



 I ran our annual Thanksgiving race--another running tradition that's dear to my heart--in these Mizuno Wave Rider 17s the other day, and they were fabulous. The 17 is the lightest Wave Rider ever, and it features a Seigaiha wave pattern outsole to provide optimal flexibility. They're light, bright, ultra-smooth, and fun--just the way I remember them.

The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Sizzlefish.

We all know that fish is really important to our health and fitness, and I'm constantly trying to get more fish into our diet, so it was such a pleasure to have the opportunity to try out some Sizzlefish products the other week.

Sizzlefish is a home-delivery supplier of pre-portioned, high quality (pure and untreated) seafood, and they've specially developed their products with athletes in training in mind. Everything is flash-frozen and shipped directly to you. They sent me their Omega-3 Protein Mix, which came with two servings each of of coho salmon, Atlantic salmon, sablefish, rainbow trout, catfish, Atlantic cod, and haddock. I'm pretty sure this was my first time having sablefish, and it was so delicious (the texture kind of reminded me of lobster). 

I prepared each one almost exactly the same way--I just seasoned them with salt, pepper, onion powder, crushed red pepper, and garlic powder before pan-frying them with some grass-fed butter. I added some dill to the salmon and at it on a bed of spinach with some home-made balsamic vinaigrette and a slice of lemon. So good! I have a couple more servings of salmon still in my freezer and I'm probably going to eat those as soon as I get back to Minneapolis. It's so nice to have healthy, good food waiting for you in the freezer at all times, don't you think?

How often do you eat fish? What's your favorite?