Drenched with sweat, yet soaking up every glorious moment of the 2012 Boston Marathon. Should I ratchet up my training to feel that high again? Last week, Dimity outlined her 2014 race calendar. While I don't have my [...]
Spoiler alert: I finish the race with a smile on my face! The last few years, I've been lamenting lost speed. ("Speed" being a relative term, mind you.) As each year vanishes from the calendar, minutes have compounded [...]
Festive, drool-inducing, and clever: mother runner cookies by Rebecca (a.k.a. The Cookie Architect) Dimity and I have creativity in spades--professional magazine writers, we've written books that we hope is dog-eared on your nightstand or stashed in your [...]
Two bada$s mother runners: Molly (right) and I goofing off after a recent workout. Unless my memory is fading faster than my ability to read the newspaper or a menu without eyeglasses, I can’t recall doing a track [...]
The team captains were all fisticuffs along the course. (Not really; I just wanted to use the word fisticuffs.) Ding, ding, ding...round two of the Ultimate Mother Runner Showdown is up today, recounting Ragnar Relay D.C. Team Sarah [...]
In less than two weeks, four vans full of mother runners--lead by Dimity and me--are taking on Ragnar Relay D.C., a nearly 200-mile race from Cumberland, Maryland, across the Appalachian Mountains, to Washington, D.C. It's going to be more than [...]
Some of my "stitch witchery," as husband, Jack, lovingly calls my hobby. I learned to needlepoint before I could color within the lines or write my ABCs, as a way to strengthen a lazy eye. My parents still [...]
Badass Mother Runner brawl: Molly (left) and I pretending to duke it out before the start of the race. Even after being a runner for 25+ years, I experienced a first yesterday: my debut trail race. I ran, [...]
Lynn by my side--and believing in me--around Mile 20 of my spring 2009 marathon, the race I was aiming for when she had me run the timed mile to determine my training paces. I'd done a timed mile [...]
Molly and me with more pep in our step at about Mile 22 of 2011 Portland Marathon. Brightly sunny with just a hint of coolness in the air, Saturday was a perfect summer day for running. I set [...]
