I ran my first 10km when I was 13 and have been running on and off since then. My usual pattern is building up a solid base, hitting my target distance, and then fizzling out and taking an extended break. I also prefer to run in the winter, maybe it is because there are less people out, maybe it is …
The Cause for Humanity
Hi, my name is Amber. My pronouns are she, her, hers. Today as I was going to sit down to write this post in the best way I saw a running meme come across my news feed. It read, “Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the …
Responsible Recreation: The 10 Essentials
Hello everyone! My name is Niki and I’m an outdoor guide and educator, and an RLAG Ambassador Leader team member. I hope you’re all doing well, staying safe, and finding opportunities to move your bodies, smile, and laugh in these challenging and uncertain times. While we’re all dreaming of outdoor adventures, trail trips, and backcountry stoke, it’s important now, even …
Looking For Signs
March! The month of transformation I’m told. Winter into spring; hibernation into regrowth. You know, that sort of thing. I thought to myself, “I can totally write a blog about transformation.” I mean here I am, 45 years old, in the prime of my mid-life crisis. Surely, I can say something awe-inspiring about transformation. I have reached the point that …
Run Free (For Me)
When it comes to running, I consider myself a “late bloomer”. Throughout school, I considered academics my athletics and would do what I could to avoid physical activity. As I got older and graduated from college, I would start (and stop) exercise routines. Walking, cycling, 30 day arms/abs/plank-you name it, I started it. These routines would never last, and they …
Transformation Tuesday
May 26th 2013 I finished my first ever race! It was 10km. Nothing out of the ordinary. Something that anyone can do. But it was my first one. The one I trained so hard for. The one that gave me “la piqure” of running. The people in the streets cheering, the bands, music, everything made that first race “magical”. And …
Lupus Saved My Life
For those of you who don’t know me, I am relatively new to running. I didn’t start in middle school or high school like most other runners. It wasn’t until much later in life that I stumbled into running and fell in love. In the summer of 2016 (when I was 26 years old), I was hit with life-altering news; …
Travel Hiking With My Daughter
Hiking has been a journey for me. It’s something I was introduced to around the same time as my running career started but I don’t have much opportunity to do it, especially living in the city, so I haven’t spent the amount of time I would like hiking. That and I have a lot of kids. None of which would …
Future Family Fun Starts In The Present!
Future Family Fun starts in the present! Hi, my name is Leanne and I am a mom to 3 amazing young adults! If you would have told me that my husband and I would have the relationship we have with our kids today, back when we were first starting out, I would not have possibly understood what that could look …
Running Through The Month Of Love
Well it’s officially February! I love everything about February; all the love, the overuse of my very favorite color purple, the romance, Valentine’s Day, family birthdays, the happiness, the smiles, the kindness in the air. I LOVE February and probably more because it’s my birthday month. Every year for is far back as I can remember I would find any …