Week 3, AMR Virtual 5K: Running Buddies at a Distance
Erin and Keli are mother runners, best friends, and “basically the same person in different bodies and different parts of the country.” (Erin lives in Hebron, Indiana while Keli resides in Simpsonville, South Carolina.) They let us know the ups and downs of having a running buddy who lives in a different time zone as they embark on the AMR Virtual 5K.
How did you become a mother runner?
K: Running has always been the easiest sport for me to do, because it’s the one thing I feel like I always have time to do. With three kids ages 5 and under, I can’t seem to find time to join classes at the gym or hop on my bike or go to a yoga studio, but I always have time to get up early and run…
Follow This Mother!
Laura Peifer, 31, snagged a BQ earlier this year when she ran the Houston Marathon—she hopes to run Boston ’14–and this running coach and mom of 3-year-old Lily acknowledges she feels like she’s on a roll running-wise. “I’ve been having a year of PRs and I think I have a little more in me, so I’d like to keep the streak going if I can!” Laura, husband Jared, and their daughter live in Houston, Texas but are moving to the Big Apple this summer.
Best Recent Run: My best recent run was getting back to the track with my local running group last Thursday night. It was a gorgeous night, and I had speedier partners to chase! Speed work is so much easier for me with a group of friends motivating me…
Hump Day Giveaway: Sassy Running Tank + Sweaty Band or Hat
I have a head for remembering dates: In addition to the usual–like my wedding anniversary and my kids’ birthdays–June 6 stands out as the day I graduated from high school; November 25 was when Jack and I got engaged; and March 20 is the date in 2010 Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving–and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity made its debut. And that same date last year was when Train Like a Mother: How to Get Across Any Finish Line – and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity came into this world.
To say happy RLAM-iversary and TLAM-iversary to all of you, we’ve got a sweet giveaway of some of the merch we just added to our online store…
Mile 40
I would call my bike ride on Saturday a grind, but that doesn’t really do it justice. A total slog isn’t accurate enough either. Three-and-a-half hours during which I threw out the f-bomb more times (into thin air) than I’d want to admit, 210 minutes during which I was just thoroughly, completely bitchy and bitching.
A little background: the ride itself is a grind. Nearly 4,000 feet of climbing over 25 miles. The last time I did this ride around and up Deer Creek Canyon was over two years ago. In other words, plenty of time to forget the intricacies of the ride.
After 45 minute of I did my best to get over myself…
What Would Another Mother Runner Do?: Megan the Marathoner
This email sailed into our inbox a few weeks ago, and Megan, a mother runner with five kids under the age of 11, agreed to let us throw it out to the masses of wise and helpful mother runners in the next installment of WWAMRD: What Would Another Mother Runner Do?
Here’s her situation:
I started running later in life, mid-30′s. I was single at the time and got hooked. I then ran six marathons, (Pittsburgh 4x, New York, Boston) between 1996 and 2000. I had my first baby in 2001 and my last in 2009. No marathons during that time, but I did do steady, short distance running along with instructing exercise classes…
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