Tales from Another Mother Runner: Triumphs, Trials, Tips, and Tricks from the Road

by John Holmes McDowell (Editor), Sarah Bowen Shea (Editor)

Overview

The authors of Run Like a Mother share a collection of inspiring and insightful stories from women who discovered their own power through running.

Every mother runner has a tale to tell. A story about how she discovered the fierce and confident athlete inside her. Maybe it’s about setting a seemingly impossible goal—and then exceeding it. Maybe it’s about finding friends who are also allies, cheerleaders, and reality checks. Or maybe it's just a simple story of starting the day off with an endorphin rush.

In Mother Runners, elite runners Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea share not only their own stories of personal triumph on the pavement but also inspiring stories from the mother runner community. Through the common theme of running, these women explore issues from losing weight and gaining confidence to finding yourself, connecting with friends, setting goals, dealing with disappointment, and building a better you.

Whether you've run more marathons than you can remember, or you're just getting started, you'll find the inspiration you need to get out there, keep pushing, and run like a mother.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449453046
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	05/24/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	242
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Living and running in the thin air of Denver, Dimity McDowell has one husband, two kids, and one dog. She's survived three marathons, including one at the end of Ironman Couer d'Alene, but doubts she'll ever go 26.2 on pavement again.Living and running in the misty air of Portland, Oregon, Sarah Bowen Shea also has one husband, but three kids and a cat. She's gritted out a dozen marathons, including qualifying for and running Boston.Together, the duo head up the website anothermotherrunner.com and motherrunnerstore.com, comments frequently at Run Like a Mother: The Book on Facebook, and banters on the Another Mother Runner podcasts on iTunes.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

01 Ownership: You Are a Runner 1

Taking the Title and Running with It Nicole Blades 2

I Just Try Really Hard Meredith Atwood 9

Baby Bump and Run Jenny Everett 16

My Running Path 21

02 Perspective: A Mile Is a Mile 29

Running for My Life Nicole Knepper 30

Mother Runner Defined Kara Douglass Thorn 38

Expectations Are Everything: A Tale of Three Half-Marathons Alisa Bonsignore 46

Defying Gravity Dimity McDowell 54

What A Mother Runner Looks Like 61

03 Support: You Can't Go It Alone 71

Friends with Benefits Tish Hamilton 72

Taking the Long Way Home Heather Johnson Durocher 80

Running Apart Jennifer Graham 89

Unsolicited Advice 92

04 Joy: Open Heart and Light Legs 101

Running with jo-eey Kristin Armstrong 102

Recipe for Double Digits Adrienne Martini 107

A Ghost Story Marit Fischer 112

Celebrity Dream Run 116

05 Strength: You Are More Badass Than You Thought 127

Dreamed We Were Running Alison Overholt 128

The Middle Finger Susan Schorn 134

Up the Down Escalator Michelle Theall 140

In Her Shoes 145

06 Ambition: Dream Big, Step Up 161

Who Needs Prada? I've Got Coach Bethany Meyer 162

A Speck Through Space Katie Arnold 170

Coming of Age Sarah Bowen Shea 179

Tmi, The Extended Edition 184

07 Persistence: Hang on; You've Got This 189

If You Don't Run, You Can't Win Terzah Becker 190

3.1 Miles: Taking Control of Me Amy Bailey 197

Nine Runs, Nine Lives Rachel Walker 202

Today I Ran 208

Author Biographies 214

Acknowledgments 219

Editorial Reviews

... an inspiring and informative text that almost any runner—even those who are not mothers—will enjoy.” (Zella (Runner's World))

"... a literary runner's bible for women that is not to be missed." (The Huffington Post)

“... A deep well of feel-good vibes, practical insight, and hard-won enlightenment for moms committed to their running life and their family life … each quote and essay in the book is an offering, a generous gift from one mother runner to another, variously marked by honesty, humor, heartache, and passion.” (Women's Health)

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