On Thursday night one of my running clients mentioned she wanted to add on a last minute 10K to her schedule since it fit in well with her training plan. Since I am all about throwing in races in training it actually got me thinking that maybe this wouldn’t be a bad idea for me either. The race was about an hour from my house. The only problem was my kids basketball schedules. They are finishing up basketball season and…
Hello there! In the last few weeks I’ve had several emails and Facebook messages with running related questions so I thought I would answer some of these here. Most of them have been asked on more than one occasion and in the almost 5 years I’ve kept this running blog I’ve never had a post dedicated to answering questions so I figured it was time. I do not claim to be an expert so please take it for what it’s…
Welcome to a newer looking Arkansas Runner Mom blog. 🙂 I decided to update some pictures on the cover and thought I’d spruce up the color while I was at it. I needed to change a few things around after the mini slump I was in. After my not so great race performance last weekend I felt like my body was fighting off a cold. I took every precaution I could but Wednesday night I found myself not feeling well…
I’m going to try to keep this brief. Saturday was not a great racing day for me. I know everyone has races like this every once in a while. And yes, I know I race often so I can’t expect them all to be perfect. I really don’t have an excuse to what was my deal. Bottom line: I didn’t show up to race. Before I get into my own issues with the race let me say that this is…