I can remember whisking my mother aside as she scolded, “You shouldn’t be exerting yourself.  You need to heal” as I lifted a laundry basket just days after delivering my first son. I hoisted the laundry basket and also attempted to

There was an article posted a couple of years ago in a scholarly journal that had a morbid prediction:  This is the first generation where parents will outlive their children. I was reluctant to believe this however, numbers don’t lie.   As

3 kids, 160lbs and a dog. That’s how Caitlin rolls.  I mean literally, that is her entourage on an average training run. Caitlin found her passion for running at an early age and when high school rolled around she wanted

Being a mother has changed me as a person in nearly every single way.  My type A personality, high-strung, stressed way of living went out the door with the birth of my second daughter.  It was almost a survival mechanism. 

Hey, hey you!  Yeah you, with your Starbucks mug, Versacchi diaper bag and sunglasses with some other designers name that I can’t pronounce:  Stop staring! Oh, you think it is funny that I would rather work myself into a sweaty,

Leslie St. Louis is a pretty amazing woman.  She has 2 young daughters, is a kindergarten teacher, a professional obstacle racer and is also the founder of a large obstacle racing group in Colorado called COR (Colorado Obstacle Racers). I

You are an athlete.  Yes, you.  Even if you have never seen the inside of a gym or ran a mile without stopping.  You are an athlete. What?  You think I am crazy for saying that?  Well just hear me

The first time I pushed my son Wyatt in our beat-up used BOB jogging stroller we purchased from a neighbor, I was completely unprepared.  First of all, it was summer, which in Colorado can mean a nice cool 65 degree

I am looking at these goals I set for myself in 2015 and wondering where to even start.   I am one week into my challenge of running 50 miles in 30 days (while pushing my boys in the double