By Mandy Woodhouse
This series has been all about how to become a runner. In Part 1 I discussed how I started running and a little about why I love to run. In Part 2 I gave 3 tips to get started. Hopefully those tips have led to a registration for an upcoming 5k and you've started getting out and letting your body g...
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By Mandy Woodhouse
To become a runner I would first like to share a quote you'll need to memorize and repeat frequently through this process:
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do - not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased." - Ralph Waldo E...
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By Mandy Woodhouse
My run becomes a walk as I struggle to work my way to the top of a steep hill in my neighborhood. My lungs and legs are burning and this is the moment my three-year-old daughter throws me some motivation, "Come on Mom... RUN!" Easy for her to say. She's not the one pushing a double jogger up thi...
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By sarahdunham
A past running partner of mine, we will call her Suzy, would always tell me the reason she would run. I would hear her reasoning often: "You never see an overweight person running, yet you see over weight walkers all the time." So her reasoning might be a little shallow, but it was her motiv...
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By sarahdunham
Right now my heart is beating fast, my head is spinning with anticipation, and I have anxiety. I liken to the feeling before an important event in your life is to take place: a marathon, sporting event, public speaking, or knocking on your neighbors door to tell them their dogs are driving you i...
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