Well I took this week off work to get stuff ready for the school year. For all of the 10 years that I’ve worked and had kiddos in school, I’ve taken time off before the first of school crazies for all the usual stuff: back to school shopping, school paperwork, haircuts, yadda yadda yadda. But […]
Parenting is a Full Time Job for All Of Us – Not Just Women
Almost a decade ago, a boss of mine said something that I’ve never forgotten. I saw him at Starbucks on my way into the office having just dropped the twins off at a private school we had enrolled them in due to their learning difference (they both have dyslexia). The school was almost 40 minutes […]
Pace Schmace – How I’m Embracing the Middle of The Pack
I just got done listening to a great Another Mother Runner Podcast where they interviewed Greg McMillan about running a sub 2 hour half marathon. In the wee recesses of my brain, it’s a goal I had entertained and actually have hoped to achieve. This is what I look like when I run happy! Listening […]
Guest Post By My Friend Joy Bowen! On Bra Burnings and Breast Cancer
I am currently at Walt Disney World and I asked my friend (really more like a sister), Joy, to guest blog! What she shares here is vital so read and share with those you love! Also, go check out her blog at http://www.joybowen.net/! See ya next week! I’m not a runner. Hopefully that doesn’t make you […]
Book Review: Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley
Sometimes a book comes a long right when you need it the most. That’s how I feel about Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning To Run by Alexandra Heminsley. I don’t even know why I bought it – it hadn’t been recommended to me, I hadn’t read about it on a blog or heard […]
How To Handle Intimidating Mileage Syndrome (IMS)
This is my Training Schedule of Choice this time out Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I have Intimidating Mileage Syndrome. I am almost positive this is NOT a real thing and that I made it up. But I think we should make it a thing because every distance runner I know gets it from […]
On Running And War and Child Refuggees and Trips to Disney World
I’ve got some big things coming up in the next 10 days: my oldest son’s 18th birthday and then on Wednesday, the twins and I leave for our annual trip to Disney World. And no, the 18 yr old is not too happy that we are going without him but he and I are hoping […]
Patience is A Virtue – Especially For Runners
So are you a patient person? Yeah, me neither. Looking at the ocean makes me still and patient. Which is why I need a beach house! I am so inpatient, in fact, that I once took a personality quiz for work and one of the areas for improvement it gave me was patience even noting […]
Survival Tips For Moms of Multiples
A unusual peaceful moment. Not exactly sure how we managed to capture it on film. I haven’t written much about what it’s been like raising twins. And honestly, now that they’re 14 (and our oldest is 17) it’s really not that bad. But just tonight, a dear friend sent me a FB message that said: […]