Follow This Mother!
AMR tribe members likely recognize the name Michelle San Antonio—this mother runner is an active and helpful poster to our Facebook page (we’re grateful for all that you share, Michelle!). This mom of three boys, ages 9, 7 and 3, who is running the Boston Marathon this Monday, is continually striving to improve her running. “Whenever people say, ‘I could never do that,’ I tell them they’re wrong. I used to feel that way, but here I am running Boston – a once-impossible dream. And now when I see all the people who finish races ahead of me, I don’t think of how impossible it seems, I think about what I could do to get there…
Hump Day Giveaway: Spring Running Outfit from Saucony
Several times this spring, my looking-for-validation daughter, 7, has queried me: “Mom, which do you love more: flowers or me?” I assure her—Daphne, named after a heavenly fragrant blooming bush in our backyard—that I love her and her siblings far, far, far more than any blossom. But that, sure enough, I do adore fleurs. Daffodils, hyacinths, lilacs, irises, jasmine, peonies, tulips, and azaleas. The blooms restore vitality and color to the dreary-for-too-long landscape.
The same can be said for a new running outfit. After months of long black tights and tops obscured under fleece and utilitarian jackets, it’s time to peel back some layers—and burst into bloom with some vibrant new running clothes…
#72: You Might Be a Mother Runner If…
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Why Tough Races Rule
With Boston Marathon a mere week away, my thoughts turn back to that epic race. I’d worked for years to qualify, narrowly missing my age/gender cutoff by roughly a minute not once, but twice. Third time was the charm, and I eagerly anticipated the 26.2-mile journey from quaint Hopkinton to urbane Boston. Then race day dawn with a ferocious heat, predicted to make it the hottest running of the race in its 116-year history.
The sun beat down mercilessly as hordes of runners walked to the corrals; I was sweating freely in my, ahem, hot pink Another Mother Runner tank before I even crossed the starting line close to 11 a…
Kara Goucher Talks about Running Boston Marathon, and Answers Your Questions
Kara Goucher in the house! Dimity and Sarah gleefully interview Olympic marathoner Kara Goucher as she preps for her third Boston Marathon. Kara answers questions from @TheMotherRunner Twitter followers, like about running while pregnant three years ago and how her training has changed since then. She talks about cooking dinner for her husband, Adam, and son, Colt, nearly every night—then often debating cookie v. brownie for dessert. When talk turns to staying mentally tough, Kara admits why she now races in sunglasses. And she shares her new mantra for racing Boston.
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