My meal planning skills—and, frankly, my desire to meal plan—have always been minimal. When my kids were younger, I’d grab a random scrap of paper on Sundays and scrawl something like:M: TortelliniTu: TacosW: Faux Chipotle...but that note was usually lost [...]
Last Sunday morning, after racing the Portland Half Marathon, I was cashed out in bed with our Frenchie. I was alternating between watching "High School Musical The Musical The Series" (don't knock it until you've tried it!) and texting two BAMRbassadors, [...]
Total disclaimer: This is a TMI post about a daily occurrence I never really thought about until it stopped happening. Yep. I’m going there. Constipation. Similar to many mother runners, I care a lot about my health. I’ve spent [...]
My evening snack: House brands for the win! Unless you've been hiding under a box of family-size Honey Nut Cheerios, you know that protein consumption is all the rage these days. It's as trendy as wondering where [...]
By BAMRbassador Alison Burke As I was growing up, I watched my mom dismissed by her doctors with the same symptoms I now have developed over the last 15 years. They are very typical thyroid disease symptoms: hair loss, [...]
My annual labs claim I’m healthy. Let’s be frank, though. I’ve struggled with PCOS symptoms for decades. And genetics aren’t in my favor; my father’s leg was amputated after a dime sized cut on the bottom of his foot refused [...]
A plumber knows how to snake a toilet much more quickly—and definitely more cleanly—than I do. A stylist knows that belting that flowy dress would be much more flattering than letting it billow (my preferred silhouette). And don't get [...]
Photo credit: Erin Scott Hot off the press, it's Elyse Kopecky's and Shalane Flanagan's latest masterpiece, Rise and Run. Capitalizing on the success of their previous cookbooks—and feeding the passion of a loyal following of runners—Rise and Run [...]
I’ve been a runner for half of my 50-year life. I’ve had a coach for one-eighth of my life, which has given me my fastest mile, 5k, and half-marathon. To be clear: I haven't had a private coach, but I've [...]
by Kate Walton I don’t always set New Year’s resolutions, but something about turning the page from all the difficulty of 2020 to the more hopeful 2021 compelled me to set some more health focused intentions this year. I have [...]
