My kids know I’m a runner. They know that if they wake up early (before 7) on any given morning I will most likely be running. Even my youngest (who is 2) assumes that whenever I’m gone and it’s just daddy here that “mama’s at runnin.” Deep down I know that I am setting a good example for them and I do my very best to minimize the time I run while they are awake but why do I still…
This weekend I took the RRCA Coaching Certification course in Little Rock. It has been a goal of mine to one day become a certified RRCA coach. I’d looked up course locations but they were all out of state and far away so I just put it in the back of my mind that I would do it someday. A few months ago our Arkansas RRCA State representative David Meroney sent out a message seeing if there was any interest…
I can honestly say that I’ve considered myself a runner for about as long as I can remember. As a young girl I would cheer for my dad on the sidelines whenever he raced and I ran my very first 5K around age 6 or 7. Somehow I always felt like I was “part of the the club.” In eighth grade I started consistently running but I had no time goals. I did not race or run for any team. …
Last year as I drove myself home after the White River 4 Mile Classic I told myself “Never again!” I had read about the “challenging” course online but naively went into the race thinking it couldn’t be that hard. I guess some things you just have to experience for yourself. Hello hills and hello Arkansas humidity in August… Two variables that are not going anywhere! This year I was pretty relaxed about it. In fact, how could I not run…