So last Thursday, as I headed to see Wait Wait Don't Tell Me live at Red Rocks, I had a nagging feeling I was forgetting something. Tickets? Got 'em. My friend Jo? Yep, she's there. My disappointment that I didn't [...]
The socks in question. Here's Adrienne Martini, of the popular Martini Fridays, last column until July 7, when she starts in on her 13.FUN journey, and then she's back to add an olive to our Fridays on a weekly basis. (You can [...]
Three generatios of smiles at Disney. The last two weeks could most charitably be described as “intense.” They didn’t start that way. Early in the fortnight, I stuck to my loose schedule of runs. Shortly before I [...]
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 [...]
What does this remind you of? 21 Days into the Train Like a Mother: Finish It Half-Marathon Plan for Adrienne Martini, who will definitely finish the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon, her first. Lousy runs make for great columns—and the knowledge [...]
Because the Prague coat photo doesn't exist—or so Adrienne claims—here's a shot of her before she started running. Note from Dimity #1: Welcome to Martini Fridays, a new AMR column where one mother runner and writer—Adrienne Martini—is going [...]
How do you top an Ironmother? If you're me, you don't even try. No desire to go 140.6 miles anytime soon. But that doesn't mean that I'm leaving that badass feeling behind in 2013. No siree. If nothing else, Ironmother [...]
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 [...]
Yeah, I'll never be able to do one of these puppies, but that doesn't mean that I can't simulate (or at least sympathsize with) the feeling on really crap runs. I had one of those break-you-down, am-I-even-a-runner runs [...]
Can't promise these tips will make you feel as jubilant as Michelle (grey tank) did at this stage of the Boston Marathon, but they should put a smile on your face. Whether you’re covering 8 or 18 [...]
