Running and Pickleball: For the Love
When I was pregnant for a second time, I couldn’t fathom how my heart could expand big enough to love my new babies (yes, twins) as much as I loved our toddler daughter. Of course, then our twins were [...]
Jackie’s Portland Marathon Redux
This post is by Jackie Ayers, a BAMRbassador from Bend, Oregon, who occasionally contributes to our blog. On Sunday, October 6, Jackie ran the Portland Marathon for a second time. Here’s Jackie’s 2023 race report if you want some backstory. [...]
Post-run Snacks
Last Sunday morning, after racing the Portland Half Marathon, I was cashed out in bed with our Frenchie. I was alternating between watching "High School Musical The Musical The Series" (don't knock it until you've tried it!) and texting two BAMRbassadors, [...]
Race-Day Running Playlists
One of my favorite episodes of our podcast features Charlie Harding, a co-host of the Switched on Pop podcast. In it, Charlie talks about the power of music—and why your favorite running song might stop someone else in her [...]
Smile and Make It Look Easy: Penny Finishes Her 50-State Marathon Quest
BAMRbassador Penny Noll, 72, just ran her 61st marathon–and it was the culmination race for her marathon-in-all-50-states quest. She’s talked about her 50-state journey on several episodes of our podcast, most recently in this recent episode, and she blogged [...]
Half-Marathon + Marathon Checklist
Google failed us: We can't find any official stats, but if we had to place a bet, we'd put our money on October being the month in which the most people run a half-marathon or marathon. One thing we do know [...]
AMR Gears Up: Protein Bar Review
I—Dimity—eat a protein bar most every day. Usually it's around around 2 or 3 pm, and it's usually an RXBAR, even though the bars tend to glue themselves to my teeth. (And occasionally they even do damage, taking out [...]
Hildee Becomes a BAMR
Last night, I joined the ranks of BAMR-dom. (My five adult children will forgive me…BAMR is a Badass Mother Runner.) I met up with Jeff Yannarell, my personal trainer, running coach, and friend of ten years, and two of [...]
What I Miss About Running: An Incomplete List in Alphabetical Order
A stab at structure. One step at a time. I'm a few months in to writing the new not-running-anymore-guide that is [tentatively titled] The Final Finish Line, and, well, it's going. If this book project were a 100 [...]
Back to School, AMR-Style: Meet Brittani and April
In the spirit of September and those once-a-year days when YOU got to be the focus of sharing time, we're introducing Back to School, AMR-Style. For much of September, we are dropping into the memory banks of your youth [...]
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