Perfect Books for the Beach
There’s something delightful about easy, breezy books for lolling away longer daylight hours and time at the beach—and not fretting about losing your place in a complex plot with repeat interruptions about popsicles or sunscreen. We asked our BAMRbassadors [...]
Our Favorite Things: Ideal Sporty Vacation Location
Beach or mountains? That’s the classic daydream question about a preferred vacation destination. But a cosmopolitan member of our team (clue: she’s the shorter of the two founding partners!) always craves heading to a city, instead. It got us [...]
Battling Imposter Syndrome
This post is by Pam Harris, an avid boxer, 3x marathoner, and one of our brand ambassadors. Pam is an AI research manager; she and her family live in the Atlanta area. I’m a few short miles into my [...]
AMR Gears Up: Running Tops and Tanks
If your "bottoms" drawer is anything like mine—Dimity's—it's filled with black shorts, navy blue leggings, dark grey bike shorts. In other words, when you're covering your bottom half for a workout, you're apt to keep it dark and neutral. [...]
Our Favorite Things: Off-the-Road Hobbies
While we love a good scroll through a review section both for entertainment and should-I-buy details, we also know the absolute best recommendations for clothing, TV shows, desserts, books, and the like usually come from friends. Welcome to Our [...]
Low Energy Availability
This post is by Tiffany Smith, a triathlete, mom of two, and HR manager who lives in Overland Park, Kansas. Tiffany attended our retreat last fall, and a March episode of the Another Mother Runner podcast really spoke to [...]
Take Me to the River
If you are traveling this summer and in need of a running route, I suggest you head to a riverbank. Several boons about running by a river: the route is often flat; there are usually few streets to cross [...]
Great Expectations: Ultra Long Race, Ultra Long Post
Today's post is a rerun from 2010: fourteen short but long years ago. We're rerunning it for three reasons: 1. I'm in the middle of reading Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World by Katie Arnold, who won Leadville in 2018. [...]
Race Recap: Party in the Back
Today's race report come from April Hopkins, who finished the Bakersfield Half Marathon after a years-long hiatus. Today she shares how meeting other BAMRs on the course and remembering the joy of race day was far more important than [...]
Big Announcement: A New Book on the Way!
I—Dimity—am expecting. I don't need burp cloths or contributions for a running stroller, but I do need your help. Thanks to the popularity of the Not-Running-Anymore Support Group series in Women's Running magazine and The Final Finish Line podcast special [...]
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