When I returned home from a long weekend in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, last month after running the Seacoast Half Marathon, I thought I’d concluded my 2017 running season. It was a powerful, dare I say spiritual, experience. I ran a strong and consistent race at 10 months postpartum that exceeded the goals I thought were […] Read more
It was mile 24. I just wanted the race to be over. Like a little kid in the backseat of a minivan on a family vacation, “Are we there yet?” was on repeat in my head. My pace had slowed a bit from miles 18 to 23, but I was determined to cross the finish […] Read more
As I turned a corner and started to ascend up a moderate hill, I found myself running directly behind a man in a grey shirt. Radiating from his back were the words “Pain is weakness leaving your body.” Having already passed the midway point of the half marathon, I welcomed any mental distraction to keep […] Read more
Comparing ourselves to other runners is an easy, yet demotivating trap to fall into. Recently, the most dangerous runner I’ve been comparing myself to is, well, me. One of the most challenging things about returning to running after having a baby is trying not to compare my current running to the way I trained and […] Read more
This is not the way the morning was supposed to go, I thought, as my car headlights guided me in the dark over the bridge. I was half-way to my first 5K race since having a baby when I realized I’d forgotten my headphones. The ones I was planning to use to listen to my amazing race day playlist […] Read more