#BAMRdown: A Progress Report
This meme, texted to me by my marathon coach while I was in the E.R., opened floodgates on torrent of mixed-emotion tears. In the days immediately following my accident in which I fractured two bones in my right [...]
A Break in the System—or Ankle
Hillary, one of my new BRF's I made just minutes before. “Spokane run. Met Hillary. Dramatic finish.” That’s what I wrote on Strava for my May 1 run. What I didn’t reveal: I fractured my right ankle in [...]
A Memo of Marathon Running Advice for My BRF
Molly and her 19-year-old daughter, Lane, at the start of her marathon training cycle. MEMO TO: Molly W., Best Running Friend FROM: Sarah Bowen Shea, Another Mother Runner CC: All women runners taking on 26.2 DATE: 8 April 2015 [...]
Tales From Another Mother Runner Thursday: Sarah Bowen Shea
Welcome to our next round of Tales From Another Mother Runner Thursday, where we preview one of the authors in our forthcoming book. While our names are on the cover, the book is a truly celebration of this amazing, badass community: not only does [...]
Letting My Best Running Friend Take the Lead
Two hot badass mother runners: Molly (right) and me after the scorching-hot Bridge of the Gods half-marathon last summer. Last summer, my best running friend (BRF), Molly, and I saw the musical, "The Book of Mormon"; we guffawed, [...]
Saucony 26 Strong: Philadelphia Marathon Race Report, Round II
Sarah, in her Saucony ViziPro pink, looking a little lost without Alison by her side. Today is the second race report of Philadelphia Marathon, where we were lucky enough to go the distance with the Saucony 26 Strong [...]
Half-Marathon Race Report: Bridge of the Gods
The don't-look-down Bridge of the Gods that racers immediately crossed in Sunday's half-marathon (Photo credit: Adam Lapierre) Last Sunday, standing on the Washington side of the Bridge of the Gods in the Columbia River Gorge with almost 700 [...]
It’s (Marathon Training) Go Time for SBS
Sweaty selfie with Molly at the end of Sunday's run. My last unstructured, uncoached run until after October 12. As I sit here at my keyboard, I keep having to stop typing because my left hand impulsively returns [...]
Disney Princess Weekend: Glass Slippers, Mother Runners, Magical Miles
Bring on the bling! Princess Half-Marathon medal; Coast to Coast medal (two Disney races on each coast in 1 year); and Glass Slipper Challenge. What a weekend. Actually, what an amazing five days that started with a mother [...]
2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon Race Report
Dimity and I are enjoying an #epic weekend at Disneyland for the runDisney Tinker Bell Half Marathon. Three days of meeting mother runners at the expo (hi, Kimberly, Shannon, Julie, Jennifer, Linda, Karen, Jamie, Jenn, Lourdes, and scores of other wonderful [...]