Tales and Tips from a Running Mom
On Thanksgiving morning, hubby, Zain and I made the long quarter of a mile trek to the meeting spot of our neighborhood informal Turkey Trot 5K. Since I assumed we’d just be walking, I figured, why not sip some hot coffee along the way? When we arrived at the starting area, I was really impressed [Read On]
I’m going Turkey Trotting tomorrow. I’m obviously aiming to smash my 5K PR since I’m clearly in top running shape right now. Just kidding. I’m just hoping to not finish the race in last place. Our neighborhood is hosting an informal Turkey Trot 5K for the second year in a row. Last year, it was [Read On]
Saturday morning, I was all dressed and set to head out the door for my 15 mile run. While chatting with hubby, he suggested that maybe I could wait until Sunday for my long run and run with him. I knew 15 miles with the stroller would be tough, but our training schedules (he’s training [Read On]
My week started off with a fantastic run on Monday. Wednesday’s run was less than stellar. I did a short 3 mile run with Zain in the stroller that might as well have been a 20 mile run because I struggled for every mile. Yesterday, I had another awesome run to balance it out. I [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]
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]
does not work for everyone. Instead of my usual cup of coffee (more accurately my shot of espresso since that is my usual pre-long run source of energy) before my run this morning, I tried an energy shot (Street King from GNC) that a fellow running blogger recommended. It says it has the caffeine equivalent [Read On]
Thanksgiving is a day full of family, friends and food. Lots and lots of food. A great way to start the day off is with a Turkey Trot. I ran my first Turkey Trot in Washington, DC several years ago with hubby (who was my fiancé at the time). We had a blast, supported a [Read On]
Earlier this year, soon after starting this blog, I started training for my second marathon. I knew my marathon training was going to take me up to a 20 mile run. I had a goal in mind that I had really hoped to accomplish. My goal was to run 20 miles pushing Zain in [Read On]
Yesterday, we had a fabulous family run. Hubby’s knee has been bothering him so he only ran the first mile and half with us then we swung by our house so he could hop on his bike. He biked next to me and Z for the rest of our 4 mile run. It was such [Read On]
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