While woman-ing the AMR booth at Wineglass this weekend, I got to talking with Alana, who a) you’ll hear on this week’s podcast and b) drove down from Rochester to unfold and refold t-shirts with me, which is why the [...]
Run the Twin Cities: Many Minnesota-Nice Miles: the AMR Exclusive Gear for the Twin Cities expo this weekend. Youbetcha I'm wearing one in the 10 miler. Two reminders before I launch into a post almost as long [...]
This would have been a great place for an early morning run. I really had the best of intentions. Really. But let me back up. When last we spoke, I was looking at a 17 mile long run, [...]
Yes, I do have giant thumbs. Before I get the the complaining, let me take a moment to tell you how full my gratitude cup is. With a couple of months to spare, I hit my NYC marathon [...]
Role Mother (and marathoner) Melissa is trying out the Half-Marathon Heart Rate Challenge and documenting it along the way. Here, she talks about what keeps her motivated. (Check out her intro post, her first two-week check-in, full of run/walk/skip/stop/bend over [...]
Admittedly, I’m a wuss when it comes to summer. One of the reasons why I left the south — I’ve lived in Texas and Tennessee — is that I just can’t hack the heat. Give me -10 in a snow [...]
This post originally appeared in January 2014, but we dusted it off in time for summer injury season—and pool season. If you're trying to work through a bum body part after major summer mileage, turn to the pool for [...]
Stopping to smell (and take a selfie with!) the roses was actually an excuse to take a break during a recent rough run. We enlisted the help of a postpartum doula after our twins were born. Every other [...]
One of the downsides of living in a relatively small town is that there aren’t a huge number of unique running routes to choose from. We have no Eastbank Esplanade like Portland or Butler Trail like Austin. Most of my routes in Oneonta [...]
Role Mother (and marathoner) Melissa is trying out the Half-Marathon Heart Rate Challenge and documenting it along the way. Here, she reflects back on the first half of training, some setbacks, and her top takeaways. (Check out her intro post, [...]
