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Today Was A Badass Day

December 13, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I didn’t plan on running 12 miles today. But I did. I didn’t wake up at my usual 4 a.m. today. Last night I was so exhausted, I knew I had to listen to my body. It needed rest. So I slept until 6:30. I got a good eight hours of sleep. It’s the first […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: challenges, exercise motivation, online fitness courses, running

Because I LOVE my body, not because I hate it.

November 23, 2018 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I started writing this post but it was kind of sounding like a third grader’s narrative story with a whole bunch of thoughts and details that aren’t really all that interesting or pertinent to the story really. So let me start again and be as to the point as I can be. Six years ago […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: badass, cookie jar, fitness courses, mental toughness, online e-courses, physical challenges, reasons to work out, running

16 Miles of Life Lessons

September 16, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I’m running the Hartford Marathon in 27 days. I am not prepared. I did not train the way I wanted to or the way I should have over the summer. In fact, I hardly trained at all over the summer. I will not come close to my best time. Finishing will be a challenge. But […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: Hartford marathon, marathon training, mental toughness, running

I’m Getting Stronger, And That Feels Good

July 14, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I am getting my mojo back. Over the last couple years but especially this past winter I developed some serious prolapse issues which resulted in my stopping running and any other high impact activity. On February 26, 2018 I had pelvic reconstructive surgery — a hysterectomy and a bunch of other stuff to fix my […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: fitness, fitness and weight loss, getting back into shape, how to start running, making yourself a priority, running, starting a running program

How did I become a runner? Like this.

April 24, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

A couple days ago someone wrote to me and asked me how I trained for the Boston Marathon. She wants to be able to run a race (not necessarily a marathon, but any race), but just can’t see herself being able to do it. She wanted to know if I was a runner before, if […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: 5k, how to start running, marathon, running, training for marathons with kids

Running my own race.

February 1, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I started running about three years ago. I couldn’t run more than thirty seconds at a time, and it took me a good two years before I could run more than three miles without feeling like I was going to die every step of the way. Now I can run for a while and feel […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: fitness, running, weight loss

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