We’ve all been there. You go for a run, everything feels fine—and then you wake up with a weird ache somewhere in your body. It may be under your knee cap or in your hamstring or in the arch of your foot. And, if you’re
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We are in trying times, to say the least. Because of the coronavirus crisis, every part of our lives has been affected--from how we eat, who we spend time with, what we spend our money on, where our kids go to school, and how we
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Every day, mother runners are waking up to more closures and things we cannot do due to COVID-19--like run together in groups or exercise at gyms, among MANY other things. But, for now, we can still exercise outside. Thus, this is a great time for
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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 in this COVID-19 world, you need to take extra good care of yourself
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Ah, the lies we mother runners tell ourselves. We often tell ourselves that our bodies are too broken or exhausted to do anything more than what is already demanded of us. But those thoughts are not only false; they're also self-limiting. Just look at Andi
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One of the main perks of running is its spontaneous nature. No need to prepare, just put on your shoes and go. But that’s not the case when you become a mom. As a “mother runner,” running is no longer spur-of-the-moment. Other people are depending
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Celeste Goodson is dramatically changing the way women, particularly mother runners, are recovering from childbirth. [caption id="attachment_4390" align="alignleft" width="324"] Celeste Goodson is a mother runner herself[/caption] Celeste is the founder of ReCORE Fitness. And, there’s a good chance your favorite professional mother runners have gone through her
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There are so many wonderful things that come with becoming a mom: Not being able to go for a run whenever you want is not one of them. Enter treadmill running. [caption id="attachment_4145" align="alignleft" width="225"] Learn how to get fit while entertaining yourself and your kids on
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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
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If we Mother Runners have one thing in common—it’s our struggles with finding time to take care of ourselves. And, while running is certainly a form of self-care, it often needs to be balanced out. The grueling workouts, early wake-ups, and schedule maneuvers running often
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Neely Spence 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
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Let's face it. Training for a marathon is time-consuming. Training for a marathon is hard even for people with no kids and lots of time: as parents, we are already time-poor. Some of the biggest arguments I've had with my husband (post-kids) were related to
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