Our Favorite Things: Cross-Training Activities
There were long chunks of my life when I ran six or seven days a week, which seems unimaginable to my 50-something self! Cross-training (plus daily P.T. exercises) allows me to run three, maybe four, days a week now. [...]
Solutions to Summer Chafing
One silver lining about being injured (this is SBS): no chafing. Yet now I’m back among the running (I did 5 miles on Saturday!) just in time for sweaty summertime. Since it’s been a while, I need to remind [...]
Redmond Retreat Recap
We wrapped our Retreat in Central Oregon (Redmond, to be exact) on Monday. It was a magical, memorable time with about 60 women. Several repeat attendees deemed it our “best Retreat ever,” in part because of the variety of [...]
TMI Tuesday: Avoiding Tummy Trouble
Last month on the Another Mother Runner Facebook page, Billy Jo lamented that she’s been “experiencing the runner's trots” on half-marathon training runs. She wrote: “There are times I can barely make it home without feeling like I'm going [...]
In the Thick of It: End Of Year Chaos
My husband, Mark, and I sit across from eachother at our dining room table, laptops perched at eye level. “So, on Monday, you’ll go with Nora to her concert, and I’ll take Nellie to her soccer practice. Then I'll [...]
Seeing Herself as a Runner
With tomorrow being #GlobalRunningDay, we hope this post, by BAMRbassador Rebecca Atkinson, Ph.D., resonates. We know more of you are runners than you think you are! Back in September 2019, when AMR did a podcast episode about Runner Identity, [...]
Ask the PT: Plantar Fasciitis
Welcome to the third installment of our Ask the P.T. column, in which we will get input and insight from Christy Diller, an Ohio-based physical therapist, mom of four, and track coach. Christy definitely knows her stuff, but a [...]
Race Report: Madeline Island Half-Marathon
I kicked off 2023 with COVID-19, a broken treadmill and a Christmas kitten that landed me in the ER after he attempted to blind me by scratching my eyeball. It was around this time my friend Alisa suggested we [...]
AMR Gears Up: Shorts
AMR GEARS UP: SHORTS By Sarah Bowen Shea Gone are the days when there was one style of running short—nylon split-leg style that threatened to reveal (way) more than we wanted. Now we have choices galore—longer-and-loose; fitted; a [...]
Untangling the Love (and Guilt) of Coaching
"Mommy, you going to your track meet?" I look down at my three-year-old, Maeve, her cornflower blue eyes taking me in quizzically. It's a Wednesday morning and I just changed out of my PJs and into my standard suburban [...]
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