10 Reasons Why Running after Menopause Is Great
Yup, we're talking about it today. A tongue-in-cheek list with undercurrents of truth about a topic that doesn’t get discussed much: menopause. Input garnered from many mother runners, including Amy, who had a hysterectomy at age 40, Ellison, [...]
New Column: The Most Important Mile of My Life
The last mile of Ironmother was not the best mile of my life, but it is definitely in the top 3. And I love that this picture captures how gratitude oozes from my pores, something I feel after nearly [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: How to Do a GU
How Another Mother Runner Does GU Running Gel My can't-run-long-without companions. While we don't judge, Dimity and I are always slightly aghast when we meet a mother runner who tells us she ran a marathon or completed [...]
Putting Myself Back Out There
Down and dirty in Chicago. As we planned for our our C3 (Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago) mother runner road trip, Sarah and I, naturally, discussed, via email, when we'd run. She floated the idea of my running the 10K [...]
What Would Another Mother Runner Do?
Heidi and Ben this summer: She's now juggling training for St. George Marathon with breastfeeding her adorable chunk-a-monk. Reading about Michele Gonzalez (a.k.a. NYC Running Mama) pumping breastmilk for her 10-month-old son during both transitions of her recent [...]
10 Running Truths for Mother Runners
So I went about 26.2 miles out of my comfort zone recently and did a solo, video streamed presentation at the Training Peaks office in Boulder. I'm becoming a better public speaker, but holy cow: if I had $10.00 for [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: How To Commemorate a Running Milestone
My beloved chocolate-brown heels, a gift to myself after finishing my very first race. My very first race, back in the spring of 2007, was a 25K in a city two hours away from home. Looking back on [...]
5 Reasons Why I Won’t Do Another Ironmother
Raise a glass...even if it looks like you have to do 2.4 miles of butterfly during an Ironman. Let's cut to the chase. Inquiring minds want to know: Will you do it again? The short answer: no. The [...]
Girlfriend Getaways For Mother Runners: Best Races & Why We Love Them
Girlfriends + Racing + Different City = All Kinds of FUN. The benefits of stealing away with our BRFs for a weekend of racing in a different city? Oh, they’re countless. Such trips are about enjoying much-deserved rest [...]
10 Half Marathons for 10 Years
When Kristy laced up in white tennis shoes for her wedding she didn't know she'd be doing some similar lacing up 10 years down the road. If couples choose to jet out of town for a milestone anniversary, [...]
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