Author Archives: Rebecca

I’m running the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in April. Since I’ve had no structure to my running recently, I signed up for their training plan. My motivation for signing up was so I’d get some ideas of reasonable workouts to … Continue reading →

Last weekend I did the Brrrooklyn Hot Chocolate 10K turned fun run in Prospect Park. After a week away from home of little sleep (traveling with a 7 month old is rough…) and even less running, I had no idea … Continue reading →

For the first time in many, many years, running took a back seat in 2011 to other priorities in my life, the biggest being my brand new baby boy. W was born in late June and since then, it’s been … Continue reading →

I raced! Coach emailed about a week ago to tell me about the Colgate Women’s Games at Pratt and I figured I might as well give it a try. It was free, on the first Saturday when B didn’t have … Continue reading →

I went out for my second stroller run today during lunch, which reminded me that 2 weeks ago, we went for our first stroller run and I took some photos to document the occasion. Here’s W before we got going, … Continue reading →

Want to know a surefire way to make yourself feel fat, slow and old? Do a track workout during a high school track practice 4 months after having a baby. Those kids kept flying by me as I did my … Continue reading →

Over the last two weeks I’ve managed a total of 5 days of running. It’s not enough to be considered real training, but I’ve done some quality workouts so I’m ok with it. I’m on a 24 hours / week … Continue reading →

I’ve made it almost 4 weeks since getting the all clear to run again after my pregnancy. And it’s going well so far. I’ve been running 3-4 days a week for about 30-40 minutes a day. This week I added … Continue reading →

So this week marked my first week back to running and I have to say it went really well. Here’s a quick recap. Monday: Got the all clear from my doctor, but because I had to wait until about 2 … Continue reading →

Yesterday I went for my first, doctor approved and therefore worry-free, run post pregnancy! And it felt good! And I didn’t run all that slow! I headed out as soon as I could at around 10 yesterday morning (I have … Continue reading →