This post is by Jackie Ayers, a BAMRbassador from Bend, Oregon, who occasionally contributes to our blog. On Sunday, October 6, Jackie ran the Portland Marathon for a second time. Here’s Jackie’s 2023 race report if you want some backstory. [...]
Runners bothered by pre-race jitters and/or everyday anxiety will appreciate the insight and advice offered in this episode. The guest is Lennie Waite, Ph.D., a Houston-based sport psychology consultant, Olympic steeplechase athlete, and mother runner. Along with hosts Sarah [...]
Whether you dream of running Boston—or (definitely!) not—you’ll be intrigued by this episode. The guests are three “regular” runners who have to recalculate their quests to qualify for the Boston Marathon because the qualifying times just got made five [...]
BAMRbassador Penny Noll, 72, just ran her 61st marathon–and it was the culmination race for her marathon-in-all-50-states quest. She’s talked about her 50-state journey on several episodes of our podcast, most recently in this recent episode, and she blogged [...]
Folks with upcoming races will appreciate all the suggestions for curating the perfect playlist, prompted by a question from Sarah. The hosts offer helpful advice about staying engaged during challenging runs and races, in response to Nicole’s query. Then [...]
Anyone who loves good food will enjoy this lively conversation with Jenny Rosenstrach, the author of numerous cookbooks including the just-published The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple and a mother runner. With hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Tish Hamilton, Jenny [...]
Last night, I joined the ranks of BAMR-dom. (My five adult children will forgive me…BAMR is a Badass Mother Runner.) I met up with Jeff Yannarell, my personal trainer, running coach, and friend of ten years, and two of [...]
All women runners owe it to themselves to listen to this enlightening episode! The guest is Dr. Amy Divaraniya, a biomedical scientist who led a team conducting groundbreaking research in the field of hormone monitoring—and a mother runner training [...]
Anyone looking to learn to swim, like Shara, will enjoy this episode, as will back-of-pack marathoners, such as Kate, who is curious about long training runs. (Avid readers having a “mystery moment” will appreciate the details host Sarah provides in response [...]
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 [...]
