Tales and Tips from a Running Mom
As a stay at home mom/running mom, there are 2 very important pieces of equipment that I need to keep running: my jogging stroller and my treadmill. If you’re better than me, then all you need is an alarm clock to wake up and get moving before your kids and spouse wake up. For me, [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]
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]
The absolute biggest obstacle I face when it comes to my training: sleep. I never get a full night of sleep. Zain will be 2 in just a couple weeks and he still does not regularly sleep through the night. I accepted this fact for a long time because we chose not to do sleep [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]
I have a lot of plans for 2012. I’m going to run my 3rd marathon, my 4th, 5th and 6th half marathons and a mud run. That’s all by the end of May. I haven’t decided what to do with the rest of my year yet. I have high hopes for my 3rd marathon and [Read On]
When it’s cold outside, it takes me a mile, sometimes a mile and half to feel comfortable with the chill in the air. I spend that first mile wondering if I dressed appropriately or if maybe I’d be better off going home and getting on the treadmill. I know that the treadmill is not a [Read On]
When my first marathon was over 5 years ago, I felt like I had no reason left to run. Not only was I still nursing injuries sustained during training, I just didn’t feel like running. I remember feeling the post-marathon blues in the weeks following the Marine Corps Marathon. My first attempt at running 3 [Read On]
A lot of people have asked me what training plan I used while training for the Baltimore Marathon so I’m going to share it with you. I’m also including my half marathon training plan that I followed for the MD Half Marathon and ZOOMA Half Marathon in the Spring. The marathon training plan I came [Read On]
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