Head-to-Toe Winter Wear: Staying warm and safe this season
Snowy day = beautiful run (when you've got the right clothing) Maybe it’s a combination of body chemistry (I warm up fast while running) and my Midwest upbringing that makes me love winter running so much. I grew [...]
Family Comes in First
Oh, the irony: I had named this photo "the three amigas" when I saved it on my computer in September. My next race was all lined up: the Holiday Half in mid-December in Portland. My usual running pal, [...]
Beers, BAMRs and Pull-Ups, Oh My!
The (fool?) hearty crowd of the first annual six-pack run. You may be able to guess this about me, but I'm not a big Halloween celebrator. Sure, I love to go trick-or-treating and see all the vampires and [...]
Racing (and Slowing down) in 2013
After running a 5K with my family last summer, I've decided it's a definite must for my 2013 race calendar. As I made the snap decision to lace up my shoes and head for the trails, I figured [...]
Jumping Back on the Train(ing)
Can't, for the life of me, find photos of Molly, Kristin, and me after our first training run, so this one of Molly and me before our half-marathon will stand in for it. (Sorry!) Two weeks ago yesterday, [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: Recovery after a Half-Marathon or Marathon
Me (orange l/s tee, black hat and vest) and 150 of my marathoning buddies on a gorgeous fall morning in the Twin Cities. After Marathons 1 through 7, it took me almost a month to feel like my [...]
Training Like a Husband of a Mother Runner
An ecstatic SBS+ Tom after both of them owned a marathon in the Twin Cities. Another mother runner's husband, Tom Karp, jumped into a bright orange book and on the mother runner train as he stared down the [...]
Twin Cities Marathon Race Report
Glad Dimity captured this image as I have very little memory of seeing my posse of supporters near Mile 15. But this BAMR was smiling! In the starting corral of Sunday's Twin Cities Marathon, Shannon, a mother runner [...]
What Does a Mother Runner Look Like? 14 Exhibits and Counting
My very amenable, very brave running buddies, who stripped for me last Thursday morning, to begin a photo series. I asked the dogs to take off their collars, but they protested: they're boy runners. Running with us is emasculating [...]
Figuring out fuel
I’d hate to jinx myself, but Friday mornings so far this fall have turned into the most perfect mix of exercise and rejuvenation. Exercise because I have a kick-butt Pilates reformer session first thing after getting kids off to school, [...]
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