It’s Time to Be Here, Not There
This is what happens when you live in the future. I’m not sure what I want to do. I don’t even know if I want to write a book anymore.…
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Days 311-315: The Highlights Reel
DAY 311Thursday was T Junior’s 2nd birthday. I took the day off of work so we could hang out together, I could make him a Thomas the Tank Engine cake…
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Days 308-310: Born-Again Swimmer
I looked to the sky through my clear Swedish goggles. Low, dark clouds. Threatening, but that’s all. My left arm, teen-aged slender and dangerously tan, hooked over the side of the pool…
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Days 299-303: My Cows Are Feeling Better
T Junior has been commenting on my calves lately: “A Mama a cows hurt.” Ohmigod! I almost died the first time he said that. He’ll be two in a week.…
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I’m So Not Over It
Tonight, the last four contestants on The Biggest Loser will run…wait for it… a marathon. When Sammy, I mean Alison Sweeney, announced this, I felt it coming. Jealousy. It seeped…
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Mission: Recover in Time for a Half Marathon
Thanks so much for all of your comments on my last post. I decided to not run the full marathon on June 6. And I’m completely okay with that. At…
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Day 260: Out to Get My Victory Lap
When I started this blog and called it Mom vs. Marathon, I never looked at a marathon training plan. I knew I’d have to run, but I didn’t give any…
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Day 247: Mercer Island Half Marathon Recap – A PR!
Fun post-race pic with other bloggy runners! Despite my outward ho-hum attitude about acheiving a PR at the Mercer Island Half Marathon, I did really want to get it. In…
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Day 236: How Moms Fit In Working Out
I stood frozen in front of my desk Wednesday, staring at my minivan from the window of my second-floor office. I don’t feel like going. I feel like writing. I feel like not…
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