1st Post

Howdy, ya'll! This blog is called Run Like a Mutha! Yup! I'm a mutha... of 7. YES SEVEN. Ages ranging from 14 yrs down to almost 18 months. For the record I get asked this alot - at the grocery, in the park, on the street, it get annoying really. So yes - we have 7. I think it's silly since I have friends who have more children than we do.



Pause for a little background info: Our first baby, we lost, still birth. Then after we had our third live birth we adopted a little boy... so the number of living children is 7. Not too confusing is it?

I've given birth 7 times. Yes, I have. Last 3 were homebirths, unassisted. LOVED THEM! Last but not least- yes, we plan on having more.


Now back to your regular programming:

The purpose of Run Like a Mutha is to document, for my friends and family, my running adventures. I've been mostly
a closet runner. In between babies I've run the hills of Missouri, and two little races with no real goal in mind just running for fun, for fitness, for sanity... list goes on. With having babies so often, my weight and fitness levels yo-yo like MAD. However our youngest is not yet 15 months old and we are taking a break from having babies, and I am using this time to get FIT!! Not just to get "fit" but to get FIT! Like MAD FIT!

I have this dream... to be able to run forEVER! So I'm gonna start. I'm starting with this 1/2 marathon in Kansas City this October!!! YEAH!! you stoked yet? I AM!!! So I got this book, and I'm planning my training program, I am busting out and finding myself a track to use! I've got to get a stop watch, one with BIG buttons that push easily, so I don't trip over myself trying to use it - which would so be like me. And I need new shoes, I've just about worn my old ones to death again. They are such an investment, and yet sooo worth every penny. And I have to admit running is just about the cheapest sport you can participate in. But I digress.

Back to the dream - First step is this half marathon. I've got this 20 week training schedule, that sounds like it will kill me... so I must be committed to this if I'm going forward with it. This will be my second time running this race, I ran in when our youngest was about 6 mths old- man that was tough! I still had a lot of baby weight, my hormones were all wacky, in that I still had a lot of that stretchy hormone flowing through my joints - lots of chiropractor visits. And the weight was NOT good for my knee (I was 155bs give or take a few or more, I lost some as I trained, I'm a teeny bit over 5 feet tall). I was also distracted by EVERYthing! I have a little bit of ADHD... although during the race it was more like AD-DOYOUSEETHAT?!!!?!?!!?? And crowds kind of wig me out. But I did it. It took 3 hours all told. I was not happy with the time - I've run much better out on my hills... It was a bit hellish, to be honest. THe scenery was great, don't get me wrong - it was the fact that I could NOT focus!!! Gave me a good idea of what our Aperger's son goes through when he goes somewhere new. But I got it done. So now... I'm gonna do it again... yeah that's right. Why? I'm not really all that sure, other than I've got this HUGE drive to do it, along with lots of other races.

I'm a bit quirky, left of center kind of gal. So maybe it's normal for me not to know exactly why I'm "torturing" my body (that's what hubby calles it). But I'm doing it either way. WHOOO HOOOOO!

Ok, we covered the dream thing - next topic: I'm also into Yoga in a BIG way! And I'm a vegan, borderline raw vegan. It follows that these topics are going to pop up a lot on this blog because running and nutrition go hand in hand in hand. These subjects in addition to the running (it is a RUNning blog) and the parenting 7 lovely munchkins the occassional spiritual idea may crop up... aw, heck it's gonna be littered everywhere all over this blog. So - if any of these catagories turn you off, you're better of not reading my blog.

However, if you might be interested in any or all of these topics PLEASE start following! Share on FB, go crazy with it, if you think someone else might benefit or gleen the rare gem of tidbits from it. I do not delude myself into thinking that I know everything, or even that I am remotely interesting (except to my family and close friends), but sometimes we learn something iportant from strange places, yes?

Alright so- this is the first entry. I look forward to shring the ins and outs of full on training and a fulltime stay at home homeschooling mama. The falls and the flying. The times, the skids, the rocks in my shoes. Hope I haven't done too poorly. Hope I haven't bored you to death. I may get better at this, though to be fair I may get worse. Let me know how it goes as we get to know each other better, would ya? I want your opinions!

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