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It isn’t always easy but it’s always worth it

I didn’t feel like running today. It was one of those “haul your butt out of the car and get moving at whatever pace your legs will take you kind of days.” After a week of being sick, I have been chomping at the bit to workout – and with the gorgeous sunny fall weather,Continue reading “It isn’t always easy but it’s always worth it”

Exercise, Breast Feeding and Milk Supply.

You’re a new mother. You breast feed. You have a mommy tummy. Maybe you do not have a mommy tummy. Maybe you just like exercise. You are probably worried about starting back into exercise. Not because your body just went through the most difficult thing it will likely ever have to go through. You’re worriedContinue reading “Exercise, Breast Feeding and Milk Supply.”

Crossfit Moms

I tried the stroller class thing. The session was mostly walking or walking intensity effort with exercises woven in. I tried the stroller bootcamp thing. Better, but as Goldie Locks, I would have hit my second too small chair. As a runner, I am certainly not the epitome of well rounded fitness but do likeContinue reading “Crossfit Moms”

Baby Doping

I for one can testify that women, OK I, possess inhuman strength postnatally. I ended up gaining 35 pounds and ending my pregnancy putting shame to the term “runner” with my best waddley rendition of what I thought running looked like. I stopped at every port potty, gas station and tree to relieve my achingContinue reading “Baby Doping”