About Us

It all started with a marathon.

I love that running a marathon is how I started my journey of being fiscally fit.  I also love the thousands of metaphors running a marathon applies to our lives and how great it fits with conquering the big goals in personal finance.

In 2009, Maren (my good friend and group co-founder) was a veteran marathon runner and invited me to train for the Ogden, Utah marathon with her.  I would be turning 30 the week after the race so I thought it would be a great time to push myself and conquer a goal like that before I began my 30something years.  It was a great physical test for me and I loved it.

(Get to know us. Watch a video of our marathon here.)

During the hours and hours of training runs Maren and I talked about finances, A LOT.  Both of us had enjoyed some fun during the real estate boom a few years before but like so many others, we were now back to financial reality.  We talked about coupons, saving, spending, business growing, etc. etc.  The next time we ran, we would report our successes and failures.  We were cheerleaders for each other both pounding the pavement and saving the pennies.  We decided to put a group together, knowing there were so many of our friends and family that would LOVE to be a part of our finance driven meetings.

Our first meeting was in October 2009.  It was in the evening.  We invited friends, sisters and neighbors.  I set up my dry erase board, wrote out an agenda and Maren showed up with peanut butter cookies to share.  Unfortunately, no one else came.  We held the meeting anyway- decided on the name Fiscally Fit Chicks (FFC), went over ground rules, brainstormed topics we wanted to cover, and set our first 3 goals of FFC history.

Mine were:
1.  Save $200 extra this month
2.  Put $25 in boys' savings accounts
3.  Research business/asset building ideas

Since then, we have met every month after.  We have read many finance books and articles.  We have grown our group to a consistent 5-7 members (I recommend keeping your group small like this.), we have saved, built, paid, learned and empowered ourselves.

We didn't limit our success to achieving 1 huge goal and quickly reaching the finish line of financial freedom.  We are still working at it slowly by conquering small, tangible goals every month.  So much like running one mile at a time when trying to get through a marathon.

A great adventure.