Tales and Tips from a Running Mom
…that reminded me why I love to run. The truth is that I love to run like 95% of the time, but that other 5% can really drag me down. Thankfully, there are the fantastic runs that stand out and remind me why I lace up my running shoes and hit the pavement. In my [Read On]
Miles: 20 Gels: 3 Fluids: Nuun and water Entertainment: mostly music from Glee, that’s right – I love Glee! I had another 20 mile run on the schedule this weekend. My plan was to once again join the group I ran with last weekend. Zain ended up waking up a bajillion times on Friday night [Read On]
If you do, you better finish finish up your 100 miles for the Winter 100 Challenge if you haven’t done so already! The Winter 100 Challenge will end on 2/29, but the fun will just be beginning for the lucky winner of the Garmin Forerunner 210. I have an insane love for my Garmin Forerunner [Read On]
I’m always looking for new fun activities to do with Zain. Today, I tried my hand at making homemade play dough for him. It was super easy and he had tons of fun playing with it. Making play dough is easy! I was glad to make my own so I didn’t have to freak out [Read On]
On Saturday, I was scheduled to run 20 miles. I knew if I tried to run 20 miles by myself, I would have a tough run. I would lose my focus and my motivation. I’ve been doing the majority of my long runs alone for the past year. Sometimes, I don’t mind. I enjoy the [Read On]
That is the phrase I repeated to myself today during my first attempt at Yasso 800s. I had to do my Yasso 800s on the treadmill because I’m not stupid crazy brave enough to attempt them with the stroller and I won’t have a chance to go to the track alone. Before taking my Yassos [Read On]
I think time speeds up when you have a baby. I don’t know how 2 years have already gone by since I met my perfect little man. We celebrated his birthday all weekend. We had a big dinner with hubby’s family on Saturday night. Yesterday (his actual birthday), we went to the National Aquarium in [Read On]
For the past week, I feel like I’ve been chained to my treadmill. I’m trying my best to embrace the treadmill instead of detesting it. It’s giving my knee a little bit of a break from the hard surfaces outside and it allows me to focus on my form which is hard to do when [Read On]
I once posted about the ridiculous lengths I went to for a run to avoid being stuck on the treadmill. Lately, I’ve found myself willing getting on the treadmill for a variety of reasons – weather that isn’t conducive to stroller running, weather that doesn’t sound appealing to run in because I’m a wimp, or [Read On]
While I was training for the Baltimore Marathon, I started to occasionally have some slight pain and stiffness in my left knee when I was running. It would come and go and was never the type of pain that made me have to cut a run short. I always thought it could have something to [Read On]
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