I’m going to give my disclosure at the beginning; this is going to be a lengthy and honest post. My birth experience was amazing and hard and exhausting and so rewarding. I don’t honestly know how I could synthesize it down to a bite sized chunk. … Read the rest
Tag Archives: mom blogger
The BS of Finding Balance
There aren’t a lot of things that frustrate me more than hearing the question, “how do you balance it all?” It’s a well-meaning question. People are curious how a person fits in running, working, moming, CrossFitting, etc into one day without going insane. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap – 12.22.19 – Working Out While Traveling Over Holidays
This week was a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of travel. At this point, I feel like I should start telling people that we live part-time in Dallas, since we’ve been up there three times in the last six weeks. … Read the rest
4 Healthy Habits To Keep in 2020
Around this time of year, it’s pretty common to spend some time reflecting on the year behind, and begin some goal setting activities. We all want to focus on some healthy habits to keep in 2020. The topic of New Years resolutions seems to come up in a lot of conversations, naturally. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap – 12.1.19 – My B+ Mom Week
This week was pretty nice to me for the most part. I’ve had some on and off sinus issues, which I’m attributing (hopefully) to allergies. I have a lovely tendency to get sick during my tapers, so I am taking all the elderberry and Zicam I can get my hands on. … Read the rest
Traveling to Races With Kids
The holiday season is definitely upon us, and between visiting friends and family and a winter race, it seems that I’m spending much more time in the car with my kid than any place else. As thankful as I am that we have the ability to get all of this family travel accomplished, it can still be rather draining. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap 11.10.19 – My Comeback
I CAN MOVE THIS WEEK. Let me tell you, I was so freaking excited to be able to move and breath this week. I started out the week with an easy run Sunday evening with a couple of friends, and it felt amazing to finally be back on the pavement. … Read the rest
Six Lessons From the CrossFit 2020 Open
After five grueling weeks, the CrossFit Open 2020 has come to a close. CrossFitters everywhere breath a collective sigh of relief, pop some Aspirin, lick their wounds, and return to workouts that are not 20 minutes of sanity-testing effort. As we all return to more reasonable forms of torture and exhaustion, most of us will reflect on skills that could be improved and lifts that we’d like to hit over the next year. … Read the rest
Running With Kids On Bikes
About five weeks ago, I reached a new running mom milestone. I decided to give running next to my six year old on his bike a shot. Running with kids is that are beyond jogging stroller age requires some planning and consideration.… Read the rest