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Friends, I’ve been running most my life (since I was 6 years old) but I have had to learn how to start running many times—especially…
When you become a mom, suddenly your time is no longer your own—and that includes taking time to go for a run. But many research…
If you follow me on Instagram, then you know—I’ve been forced to take a lot of unplanned breaks over the past year and a half.…
Running in the morning is a saving grace for most mother runners. It most often is the only way we can ensure we get our…
The marathon taper is a CRITICAL component of any marathon training program in order to absorb your training and get to the start line fresh.…
Every spring the same thing happens to me: I do my first training run outside, only to bonk because I didn’t adjust my paces for…
Back pain and motherhood go hand in hand. I never suffered from an achy posterior until I had back pain during pregnancy and then back…
The secret’s out. Strength training for runners makes you run faster. It doesn’t make you bulk up. It doesn’t make you slow down. Instead, it…
Being a runner has many wonderful side effects but one of them is NOT runner’s trots or runner’s stomach—diarrhea that endurance runners experience when going…
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Friends, I’ve been running most my life (since I was 6 years old) but I have had to learn how to start running many times—especially…
When you become a mom, suddenly your time is no longer your own—and that includes taking time to go for a run. But many research…
Running in the morning is a saving grace for most mother runners. It most often is the only way we can ensure we get our…
The marathon taper is a CRITICAL component of any marathon training program in order to absorb your training and get to the start line fresh.…
The secret’s out. Strength training for runners makes you run faster. It doesn’t make you bulk up. It doesn’t make you slow down. Instead, it…
Running brings us so much joy and strength. Personally, much of my strength as an adult came from running as a kid (thanks, Dad!). So,…
Almost every new mother runner has two things in common: 1. They are tired. 2. BUT, they aren’t too tired to want to run ASAP.…
Let’s face it, trying to get away for a run as a breastfeeding mama is no easy feat. Because know what breastfeeding babies don’t seem…
There is something nearly all moms have in common. What? Mom guilt. What is mom guilt? Mom guilt is that pervasive feeling that you’re doing…
Mother Runner of the Month
“The world would be a better place if there were more KCs in it.” Those are the words used to describe December’s Mother Runner…
Meet our November Mother Runner of the Month Donna Villavicencio, and she will change your life. As the owner/trainer of a women’s owned gym, triathlon…
Allie O’Rourke of Petaluma, California is our October Mother Runner of the Month! And, she is, the best I can tell, one of those mother…
Mother runners, meet your September Mother Runner of the Month (& GRANDmother Runner of the Month) Leslie Barrenal of Santiago, Chile. Leslie has 3 kids,…
Kerri Maess, our August Mother Runner of the Month, started running about 9 years ago with her brother who weighed in at over 300 pounds and…
It’s safe to say July’s Mother Runner of the Month, Laura Filla, has found her passion: The St. Louis mom has run through her most…
Badass. Amazing. Strong. Godsend. These are just some of the words used to describe this month’s Mother Runner of the Month, Maleah Pinyan. Maleah is…
“She glows even without her hair.” Those are words from the nominator of this month’s Mother Runner of the Month: Lindsay Luttrell. Lindsay is so…
Katie Middleton, our March Mother Runner of the Month, has a run streak of 1,300 days. Her daughters are 2 and 5. Do the math.…
Motivation
Friends, I’ve been running most my life (since I was 6 years old) but I have had to learn how to start running many times—especially…
When you become a mom, suddenly your time is no longer your own—and that includes taking time to go for a run. But many research…
If you follow me on Instagram, then you know—I’ve been forced to take a lot of unplanned breaks over the past year and a half.…
Running in the morning is a saving grace for most mother runners. It most often is the only way we can ensure we get our…
The marathon taper is a CRITICAL component of any marathon training program in order to absorb your training and get to the start line fresh.…
As running outside gained popularity in 2020, so did treadmill running. Many people discovered what moms of young children already knew—treadmill running is a saving…
There is something nearly all moms have in common. What? Mom guilt. What is mom guilt? Mom guilt is that pervasive feeling that you’re doing…
Every runner should be doing long runs. Even if you’re just training for a 5k, you still need to do a long run. I’ll tell you…
Mother runners know that our running benefits our children by teaching them healthy habits for their bodies and minds. But did you know that the…
Survival Strategies
When you become a mom, suddenly your time is no longer your own—and that includes taking time to go for a run. But many research…
When I was in my first trimester with my first child, my husband ran the Leadville 100 ultra-marathon. While he was lost in the woods…
‘Tis the most wonderful…and hectic…time of the year! The holidays are crazy. Even as introverts in a pandemic, my family’s schedules are getting packed and…
The story of professional marathoner “Speedy” Beatie Deutsch is nothing short of remarkable. She went from someone who never exercised to an elite marathoner as…
There are so many things not do say to a mother runner. But people say them anyway. For some reason, mother runners’ running habit seems…
Here it is: the holy grail of game-changing running habits. These simple yet effective running hacks have helped mother runners worldwide stay injury-free, motivated, energized,…
The other week I had an onslaught of mother runners randomly asking me on Instagram how they could stop leaking while running. I realized this…
For years I struggled with what I call “dead legs,” legs that felt like they had no bounce, just dragging around on the floor. Turns…
Chelsea Mae Plummer over at Mae’s Menu asked me to write a guest post for fellow mother runners. (If you haven’t checked out Chelsea’s site,…
Training
Friends, I’ve been running most my life (since I was 6 years old) but I have had to learn how to start running many times—especially…
If you follow me on Instagram, then you know—I’ve been forced to take a lot of unplanned breaks over the past year and a half.…
Running in the morning is a saving grace for most mother runners. It most often is the only way we can ensure we get our…
The marathon taper is a CRITICAL component of any marathon training program in order to absorb your training and get to the start line fresh.…
Every spring the same thing happens to me: I do my first training run outside, only to bonk because I didn’t adjust my paces for…
Back pain and motherhood go hand in hand. I never suffered from an achy posterior until I had back pain during pregnancy and then back…
The secret’s out. Strength training for runners makes you run faster. It doesn’t make you bulk up. It doesn’t make you slow down. Instead, it…
Being a runner has many wonderful side effects but one of them is NOT runner’s trots or runner’s stomach—diarrhea that endurance runners experience when going…
As running outside gained popularity in 2020, so did treadmill running. Many people discovered what moms of young children already knew—treadmill running is a saving…