Ever since I started running back in May 2009, I listened to music. Whether I was training on a treadmill or taking a jog through my neighborhood, I’d organize my running playlist (most recently on my Sansa Clip), pop in my ear buds, and take off. But since I started training on a treadmill...
Now that I’m officially back to a regular running schedule, or as regular as it can be with four kids including a six-week old, I decided to get a bit more serious about my gear. I don’t have time to waste on bad runs, so I wanted to be sure I had everything I...
A few months ago, I received a review copy of “Run Like a Mother,” a new fitness-related mom book (if you didn’t gather that from the title) that I was looking forward to reading. But as you might understand, life got busy and reading became a very low priority on my list. Thankfully, the...
At the last minute, I decided that I just had to run my first 5k one year later this past weekend. It’s crazy to think that just last year, running a 5k seemed like a huge accomplishment. It definitely was. And honestly, it still is. Even after running three 5k races, two 10k races,...
This weekend I ran my first 5K as a pregnant person. Okay, so I ran the Disney Princess Half Marathon at 9 weeks pregnant, but let’s just say 12 weeks makes a huge difference. Since running that race, I took time off and just did the 30 Day Shred. And so it’s only been...
Long time no Shred, people! Okay, that’s not entirely true. For the last few months since I posted, I have been doing a combination of the 30 Day Shred, cross-training, and running. But with my Mominatrix book tour, my husband starting a new job, my babysitter getting a full-time job, and OH, finding out...
The last few months have been spent pushing my running distances. First I had the Disney Princess Half Marathon in March, then the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler earlier this month. Considering I had never run before last May, those were some pretty awesome races to have finished. FINISHED! WOO! Then, after they were over,...
Yesterday I had an epic run. It wasn't the farthest, and although it was fast, I've run faster. But I felt so ridiculously good through the entire thing and at the end, it made it one of my top three best runs (up there with the Tiarathon and my first 5K ever). Yesterday I...
I'd been suffering with pretty bad shin splints for the last two weeks, something I haven't felt since before I started running in May 2009. Once I had been fitted for running shoes, I had been perfectly fine. But I was starting to get worried when the pain came back and wouldn't go away....
Later this week I'll be joining 300 other moms, bloggers, and marketers at the Mom 2.0 Summit, a conference hosted by Kirtsy and OpMom, and one of my favorite events from last year. With so many of the attendees training for various races, as well as maintaining a pretty visible (ah, gotta love blogs)...
