Living and running in a COVID-19 world

Running & Parenting in a Pandemic

Now that you’ve stocked up on groceries, mentally prepared for the kids being home for several weeks, coveted the world’s last toilet paper rolls, and had your race canceled—now what?? Running and parenting during this pandemic, you need to take extra good care of yourself (and your family). There is so much uncertainty with this … Read more

Celeste Goodson , founder of ReCORE Fitness

Pelvic Floor Exercises: How the Pros Return to Running Postpartum

Celeste Goodson is dramatically changing the way women, particularly mother runners, are recovering from childbirth. Celeste is the founder of ReCORE Fitness. And, there’s a good chance your favorite professional mother runners have gone through her programs. Elites such as Steph Bruce, Alysia Montano, Gwen Jorgensen, Alyson Felix, Sarah Brown, Neely Gracey, to name a few, have benefited … Read more

Train for a race with a stroller

How to Use Heart Rate Zones Running with a Stroller

Recently I interviewed mother runner, Alyssa Bloomquist, about how she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon doing track workouts running with a stroller. How in the world? All of us know that running with a stroller is really difficult and trying to hold a fast pace is nearly impossible. The trick was paying attention to … Read more

Pro Runner Neely Spence Gracey became a mom in 2018.

An Interview with Pro Runner Neely Gracey

Neely Gracey is a pro marathon runner for Adidas and a mother runner (mom to 18-month-old Athens). And, she and I have one big thing in common. After having our sons, we both struggled to get back to running. After one terrible run in particular, we both knew something was wrong. Bloodwork revealed whacked-out hormones … Read more

Alyssa Bloomquist

Mom Qualifies for Olympic Trials Training with a Stroller

It’s clear that Alyssa Bloomquist, a speech pathologist in Greeneville, SC,  is a really talented runner. Four months after giving birth, she ran a 5k, not really training for it, and finished in 17:20. What’s also clear is that she is one tough mother runner–looking at challenges not as setbacks but as opportunities to get stronger and … Read more

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