Chelsea Mae Plummer over at Mae’s Menu asked me to write a guest post for fellow mother runners. (If you haven’t checked out Chelsea’s site, you should, as it is full of easy-to-make and delicious meals and snacks for runners! These no-bake date energy balls are amazing!). Related: Get Chelsea’s cookbook “Fueled”! After reflecting on … Read more
We’ve all been there. You go for a run, everything feels fine—and then you wake up with a weird ache somewhere in your body. It may be under your knee cap or in your hamstring or in the arch of your foot. And, if you’re like me, you start the panic. Crap. Is this going … Read more
I remember the first time I met Connie Dickey. I had just crossed the finish line of the Knoxville Marathon in 2019 in second place but a minute shy of my sub-3-hour goal. She came right up to me and was bubbling with congratulations and enthusiasm. Her first words were, “Whitney, you can take ten … Read more
We are in trying times, to say the least. Because of the coronavirus, every part of our lives has been affected–from how we eat, who we spend time with, what we spend our money on, where our kids go to school, and how we work. We’re experiencing a new world and trying desperately to make … Read more
Now that you’ve stocked up on groceries, mentally prepared for the kids being home for several weeks, coveted the world’s last toilet paper rolls, and had your race canceled—now what?? Running and parenting during this pandemic, you need to take extra good care of yourself (and your family). There is so much uncertainty with this … Read more
Ah, the lies we mother runners tell ourselves. We often tell ourselves that our bodies are too broken or exhausted to do anything more than what is already demanded of us. But those thoughts are not only false; they’re also self-limiting. Just look at Andi Ripley, mom to two and co-founder of running website and … Read more
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