Dimity Writes Her Running Obituary
Ok, I didn't think of writing your own obituary as super mortal until I mentioned it to a few friends, who collectively gasped. So it might be a bit darker than I thought, but a quick search shows that [...]
Dealing While Healing: Thoughts from Dimity
Swimming: the best place for me right now. Water supports my body, staring at the black line clears my mind. Sunday afternoon, and I'm beginning to come down from a whirlwind: three days at the Richmond Marathon [...]
Richmond Marathon Race Report: Never Take a Finish Line for Granted
Jackie, looking ready to take on her second 26.2 in a six-week span. This post is by Jackie Ayers, a BAMRbassador from Bend, Oregon, who occasionally contributes to our blog. On Saturday, November 16, Jackie ran the Richmond [...]
Our Favorite Things: Winter Running Gear
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Amy Reeves
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 to [...]
Dimity’s Favorite Ways To Make Menopause (Slightly) Easier
Two things represented in this picture: tank tops from Target and drawstring'd pants. True story: I thought that once my period stopped for twelve straight months, I'd be done with the whole perimenopause/menopause situation. So I was more than [...]
Our Favorite Things: Summer Sandals
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 [...]
Making Hard, Good Choices
Mid-November, I'm standing in line at World Market and suddenly my right glute feels like it's being stabbed by a dull, rusty kitchen knife. I lean on the cart and try to distract myself by checking out Hot Wasabi [...]