My Book: AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

It's here!

Faster After Baby is now live on Amazon, both as a Kindle book and in paperback.

What a wonderful, fun, emotional, and enlightening process this has been. I feel such gratitude and humility for what I have learned while writing, especially while reading the stories of my incredible Mighty Mamas who contributed some of their thoughts and experiences:

Deena Kastor
Michelle Baxter
Lisa Valentine
Susan Empey
Stephanie Rothstein Bruce
Pila Cadena
Christa Benton Stephens
Sue Iverson Casaway
Nancy Smith

Running is powerful. It takes us to a different world and introduces us to a different part of ourselves, often in unexpected ways. For me, the most unexpected joy I have realized as a runner was born out of the frustration of injury and recovery following childbirth. That challenge was a gift. It forced me to better understand my body, dig deeper into my mental process as an athlete, and best of all, approach other life challenges as opportunities for growth rather than burdensome annoyances.

I hope that my book effectively conveys this feeling, and can bring as much hope and joy to other mother runners out there as writing it did for me.

Happy Running!!

My Morning Habitat

One of the best things about running [outside] is being able to create a world for yourself that exists independently of your other day-to-day activities. It's entirely your own, even if you share it with other runners. Mine is in the early morning, though others may have an evening or afternoon world.

I think we all look forward to spending time in this world, even if we are battling an injury or sleeping poorly or otherwise aren't necessarily looking forward to the running itself.

So for this post, I just want to reflect on my happy place, my running world.

Some images from my early morning "world" in lovely St Petersburg: