August in Four Acts
How I felt at the end of August: Victorious just to see the calendar turn. As August drenched us in sweat and chlorinated water, I realized missed writing about my life and my running. So here's a quick [...]
Martini Fridays: In need of a TARDIS
After the better part of a week hemming and hawing then hemming some more, I finally convinced myself that Saturday morning would be a great time to take a run through Hyde Park, which was only a couple of blocks [...]
In Her Shoes: Running in Liberia—and against Ebola
Bev, tackling a red hill among the green green near Foya, where the ebola outbreak is greatest. (Picture by Joni Byker) We have been editing a bunch of different things for the third book, out next March. One [...]
Born to Run, Infant Style
Born to run x 3. I—Dimity—just dropped off our kids at sleepaway camp until Friday. It's the second year for Amelia (just turned 11) and the first for Ben (8). Once we got them checked in and lower [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: On Being Epic
I have received so much positive feedback about my Epic Ironmother feature in the April issue of Runner's World (it's not online yet); thank you all for your kind words and notes. I promise, I won't be all Midwestern [...]
New Column: Martini Fridays
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 [...]
The Gifts That Running Gives
The only picture of my dad I have displayed in my house. Doesn't take a shrink to read volumes into that situation. I was feeling a bit sluggish on Saturday morning. I had 10 solo miles on tap [...]
Profile of Team Dimity for Ragnar Relay D.C.
O.k., so you met the Badass Mother Runners of Team Sarah yesterday; today, Team Dimity a.k.a. Are my kids still chasing me? takes the stage before our showdown in the Ragnar Relay D.C. in less than two weeks (!). We're [...]
AMR Year in Review: January-April 2012
Oh, that we could all have running year's like Mandy's. We asked for your highlights of the year on our Facebook page, and it lit up like a Christmas tree. But Mandy? Well, check her out. My whole year was [...]
(Almost) Wordless Tuesday: You Might Be a Mother Runner If…
Round two of You Might Be a Mother Runner If. (But I put reason #22 because there are about a gazillion reasons why...and we'll likely get to at least a thousand of them.) I've started a collection of them here, [...]