Cass Gunderson

Cass hails from the southwest suburbs as a proud White Sox fan and a graduate of University of Illinois. By day, Cass is a full-time student at the University of Chicago's Booth Graduate Business School. Before deciding to throw away all her money to go back to school, Cass worked for a private equity firm that buys technology companies. Raised as the youngest in a family of older brothers, Cass grew up a tomboy and remains active in sports. To her mother’s satisfaction, Cass learned how to embrace her feminine side in college and has developed an interest for fitness activities that require spandex as opposed to knee-length basketball shorts. In her spare time, she runs a lot because it is cheaper than paying for real therapy. Cass has completed four marathons and one ultramarathon (she claims she'll never do this to herself again, but that's TBD). She can still be found on the basketball courts in Lincoln Park wearing knee-length basketball shorts.
In Defense of the Snooze Button

“I’m not comfortable whenever I have to set my alarm clock for an hour that I can display on a single hand.” Kristen said that to me when I met […]

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Winter Running for Back on My Feet

Recently, someone was complaining to me about those crazy Chicago winter runners. “I mean”, he began, “I look outside sometimes and I see people running in this weather and I […]

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Boys and Group Fitness: A month at CrossTown Fitness with my Brother

A few months ago (before I was a contributing writer for ASweatLife) I won the #UpgradeMySweat sweepstakes. While I thoroughly enjoyed the sugary rush of lemonade coconut water and gained […]

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A Detailed Account of My First Training Session at Hard Pressed

  (Image courtesy of Hard Pressed) Sunday, February 8th: 9 am: Convince myself into buying a hangover donut because I’m going to go to Hard Pressed within 24 hours, so […]

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An Open Letter to My Semi-Athletic Female Body

Dear athletic female body, I want to start off with an apology. I’m sorry for the moments when I neglect to care for you, to fuel you properly, to nurture […]

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Protein 101: An Introduction to Protein for Women

We see the word “protein” everywhere these days – from the gym to your Cheerio’s box – the word seems to be in vogue lately. The Protein Bar restaurant chain […]

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5 Unconventional Ways to Get Your Running PR in 2015

I was recently able to sit down with Ryan Stapinski, a boys cross country and girls track coach at Lincoln-Way North in the southwest suburbs, to talk about how he […]

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Achieving Your Fitness Goals in 2015

Last year, ASweatLife discussed the importance of setting SMART (specific, measureable, attainable, relevant and timely) goals. It’s one thing to have good intentions in early January, but it’s an entirely […]

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