It has been one month since I have run due to my injury. In that time, my workouts have been limited to using the exercise bike in my basement a few times. I am resting my foot as much as I can between chasing my toddler around the park and teaching Stroller Strides fitness classes. It has… [Read More]
Archives for September 2014
The real reason I put my daughter in toddler yoga
My daughter Emma and I attended her first toddler yoga class last week. The class was pretty much what you would expect for a course designed for 1-3 year olds. We barked as we did our downward dogs and alternated between mooing and meowing during cat-cow. The moms sang a cute song with “OM” in the chorus…. [Read More]
Why I Love Working Out with Other Moms
I wrote this article for Run Stroller Run, and am republishing it with permission. I can still remember how intimidating it was to walk into the gym a few months after giving birth to my daughter Emma. I was out of shape, overweight and worried about leaving my newborn with a babysitter. I desperately needed to… [Read More]
Living Fearlessly Like My Daughter
My daughter Emma is the bravest person that I know. She is still a baby to me, just 18 months old, but acts like she owns the playground. She runs right past the other kids slowly ascending the stairs. When she reaches the tallest slide, she barely allows herself enough time to get situated before… [Read More]
How cleaning out your closet can open up your life
I was recently home on a Sunday afternoon, without my daughter, which is rarity. I decided to take advantage of the empty house by cleaning out my closets. Not the most exciting way to spend the day, but it was necessary. At the end of the day, I had filled 3 garbage bags with clothing and other… [Read More]
The moral of my story is: listen to your body
I started running this summer. In prior years, I have flirted with the idea of running, but these last few months I really stuck to a training schedule with a specific 5K race in mind. It has been great. We have had a relatively cool summer here in New York, so it has been glorious… [Read More]