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Finding Meaning…and Really Good Shoes 28 Jun 2013 | 07:16 am
I would say that for the vast majority of my late 20s, I was infatuated with the Title 9 catalog. Not so much the clothes, but the lives it held–and okay fine, also the clothes. In case you haven’t se...
Wanting What You Need, Needing What You Want 20 Jun 2013 | 01:17 am
The fear of losing your child can be paralyzing. Unless you’re already running. Just when you think you have pondered every mental aspect of racing, you find a new one. So many sports psychologists ha...
2-1 Boston 18 Jun 2013 | 03:59 pm
Goooooaaal!!! I love hockey in June. I really love Tuuka Rask. His helmet sets my heart a quiver, and I like that the team dresses like the Pillsbury doughboy in a huge bumblebee costume. In a very ma...
Ice Cream and Coffee: Good Times 5k Race Report 7 Jun 2013 | 08:31 pm
Yesterday morning I remembered I was out of milk, which was a good excuse to put ice cream in my coffee. Henry thought this was wildly unfair, so I gave him ice cream, too. So there we were at 7:30 on...
Pancakes, Terry Gross, and Kryptonite 4 Jun 2013 | 09:01 pm
The heat wave in New England finally broke. I am so not ready for running in soupy air, so my weekend training was a bust. I wanted to run a long track workout on Saturday morning, but I got a late st...
Now What 31 May 2013 | 06:16 am
I love graduating. I’ve done it 4 times so far. Publishing Fit & Healthy Pregnancy feels like graduating with a 328-page diploma, one that shows how sport and pregnancy aren’t mutually exclusive. Yest...
Induced! Fit & Healthy Pregnancy Arrives Early 25 May 2013 | 12:23 am
This week I arrived home to a big–and very heavy–box at my doorstep. Not expecting any packages, I first thought it was for my neighbor. Then I suspected Henry had secretly ordered 20 lbs of Pokemon c...
The Boy and His Bike 21 May 2013 | 09:42 pm
There’s something about a boy and his bike. Or maybe there’s just something about my boy and his bike, the mechanism by which he said–loud–”I can do this” and then he did and now he can so off he goes...
Running Isn’t Special 15 May 2013 | 02:05 am
Happy Day After Day After Mothers Day! I love Mothers Day because it feels like a Birth Day Birthday, which is fun to say, and I can say things to Henry like, “It is Mothers Day and so there will be n...
Bears, Oh, My 10 May 2013 | 02:34 am
Last week: dead fish. This week: black bear. Next week: stegosaurus? My gentleman friend was dogsitting last night, and while we attempted—with futility—to mediate a Kitchen Debate between a golden re...