Spring Races Are Back
Happy faces at Happy Girls The beginning of the end of the pandemic is palpable, so we put a call out on our Facebook page to see if anyone was racing in the next few months. Joy tingled up and [...]
Happy faces at Happy Girls The beginning of the end of the pandemic is palpable, so we put a call out on our Facebook page to see if anyone was racing in the next few months. Joy tingled up and [...]
This week on the AMR podcast, Sarah and I talked with three mother runners who, like me, are on a quest to run in all 50 states. We discovered some of us are more organized than others. For example, Penny [...]
Welcome to a new series on Another Mother Runner: Race Day Essentials. Over the course of the next two weeks, we'll showcase favorite gear from a range of athletes for the 5K/10K; half marathon; marathon; ultra (50K/50 mile); sprint triathlon; [...]
Usually, no matter how tired I am before the start of a race, I get excited once I’m lining up to get my run on. I can be at a race with 50 other runners where the starting line is [...]
Gearing up for a battle. [Follow—and cheer for—Pam, a #motherrunner of two in Decatur, Georgia, as she trains for her first 26.2. Previous entries.] Cape Cod Half Marathon My initial goal: Break 2 hours My modified goal: Gain enough [...]
Generally, the only weather you won’t get during a Nor’easter is lightning, which means that the odds of cancelation for the Cape Cod Half Marathon were virtually nil. Which meant that running 13.1 miles in all manner of wind, rain, [...]
Although we had nearly 80 #motherrunners at our Cape Cod Retreat this weekend (27 states + Canada, represent!), there was one mother who crashed our party: Ma Nature. She blew in in the form of a nor'easter on Saturday, [...]
Do you have a half-marathon on your calendar? On your bucket list? Maybe the Cape Cod Half, with the upcoming BAMR retreat? Since you’re here, the answer is almost certainly YES. The half-marathon is our “favorite” race distance, according to [...]
For five years, I’ve had one major running goal: to run a sub 2:30 half marathon. Sure, I’ve had smaller running goals, too. I wanted to run the zippiest 10K I could. I’ve had a few races where I simply [...]
A marathon in five words. I spent the better part of January, February, and March running in circles on the indoor track so that I’d be prepared for all of the outdoor running I planned to do in [...]