A journey through motherhood, running, and life.
My family and I flew to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with my husband’s parents and family. My father-in-law was born and raised in Weslaco, Texas before moving to Alaska before my husband was born (over 30 years ago). Most of his family (2 brothers + 2 sisters and their families) still live in or within [...]
My son, husband, and I flew to Austin, Texas on Monday to spend Thanksgiving with my husband’s parents and family. The entire week was wonderful – lots of time to relax, eat delicious Mexican food, and spend valuable time with my in-laws and extended family.One of the best parts of the whole trip was that [...]
“Life right now, in this very moment, is all anyone can be sure of. So live it well. ” – Chas YouseyI find myself preoccupied and concerned with too many extraneous details (errands that need to be run or what others think of things I say or do), that I sometimes fail to stop to [...]
My husband, son, and I made our way into the city at 630am Saturday morning. I stopped at NYRR’s office to pick up my race bib and t-shirt and was able to sit in the car with them only 100 feet from the start line until 15 min before the race started. This allowed me [...]
Tomorrow is my first ultra. I am competing in the Knickerbocker 60k in Central Park. The course includes a short out and back (totaling 1.5 miles) and then 9x 4-mile loops of the park’s inner loop (thankfully, it does NOT include the arduous upper or lower portions of the park). Here is a link of [...]
In case you missed it, Part 1 can be found here. The first trimester started off great. I was running 6x days/wk, anywhere from 4-10 mi/day and 45-50 mi/wk. But by week 8, I started to feel extremely tired, out of breath, and achy when I was running. I constantly felt like I needed to [...]
This is the first in a series that I am writing dedicated to running during pregnancy. They will discuss what I experienced and learned from my successful “run” through pregnancy, some tips and advice as you and your baby continue to grow, and clothing options (if you are like me and don’t want to spend [...]
When my 10 month old son was born, I didn’t talk on the phone (except brief conversations with my husband, mom, or sisters), browse the internet (Facebook), or watch TV when he was awake. I wanted all of my time and attention to be devoted to him. I left phone calls, tv shows, and chores [...]
Before I go into a detailed race report for the NYC Marathon last Sunday, there are are a couple of things to say: 1. I am a very competitive person when it comes to running. But NOT with other people. I never show up to a race and look around and say, “I want to [...]
On Nov 11, 2008, I was heading out for my daily afternoon run. I was building my base for training for the 2009 Boston Marathon. I ate my pre-run snack of whole wheat bread and peanut butter about 90 min before I left. I laced up my Mizuno Wave Alchemy sneakers. I turned on my [...]
I did a product review on Sparkly Soul last month. Here it is in case you missed it!! I would consider myself to be a (fairly) serious runner. My running shoes, clothes, and accessories need to be functional. No matter how cute that running skirt is, I’ll never justify wearing it if I’m going to be pulling [...]
Once we started running on the Verrazano Bridge, the nervousness and doubt I had been struggling with the last few days quickly gave way to excitement for what we were getting ready to experience. Running across the bridge with just 4 other people was one of the most surreal moments in my life. As [...]
In the weeks leading up the NYC Marathon, two of the questions I was asked the most were What motivates you to run? and What will you be thinking about while you are running to the finish line? Both answers were the same – I looked forward to my 10 month old son, AJ, and my husband, [...]
I plan on writing a few posts about the NYC Marathon on Sunday, Nov 6. The first couple will be about the events before and after the marathon, one will deal with running the marathon (splits, how I felt, etc), and another will be a recap of the experience of participating in the Foot Locker [...]
One of the coolest things about running marathons is that you run the same course as Olympians and elite athletes. You have the same start line. You cross the same finish line. Spectators along the course cheer just as loud for us as they do for the elites that passed already. Nothing is different. Well, except [...]
CONTEST CLOSED!!! I was turned onto Petunia Picklebottom (PPB) by my cousin who swore that all of my diaper bag problems would be solved if I tried a PPB Boxy Backpack. At the time I was using a designer diaper bag that looked great – but had NO functionality. It was impossible to get things [...]
Today was such a fun, exciting day! For almost 3 hours, my mom, my son, AJ, and I were able to experience what it (almost) feels like to be an elite runner or a VIP running the marathon during race week. The other individuals participating in the Foot Locker 5 Borough Challenge (FL5BC) and I were [...]
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