10 miles @ 8:37 pace before Andrew went to work and then straight to mom life. One of the hardest parts for Brooke after getting her tonsils out is how hungry she is because nothing sounds good, and everything hurts to eat. I told her we would drive around until she saw something that caught her eye and a crepe store did just that… It may have taken her 52 minutes to eat this with the smallest bites ever but she left actually feeling full. It was the timed mile for my cross-country after-school program. We do the mile at the beginning and towards the end and it was so fun to see how many kid ..read more

(shorts, shirt, shoes) Do you ever just stand there and stare at your running shoes and feel so grateful for how much they have improved (looks and function wise) over the years? I hope I’m not alone in this. They are saying this is our last freeze of the season and it is bringing me hope because my fingers are still cold from yesterday. Imagine how sad Brooke was when we took her to her favorite acai bowl shop, and she realized the only topping her throat could handle were the bananas. Andrew still cannot run after his ankle broke last October, but biking doesn’t hurt it one bit. His grave ..read more

(long sleeve ((on sale)), tank, shorts, shoes wu/cd, shoes workout, bra) You know when you don’t get enough sleep and then feel like you have the flu? That was me yesterday. Brooke and I have been up in the middle of the night every night, watching movies until she can fall back asleep. I didn’t realize until I was there running at the track that the lack of sleep had caught up with me, so I gave my best effort for the day and shortened the workout a bit. 3 x a mile @ 5:46, 5:57, 6:03 with .5 mile jogs in-between. It was windy during all of them but the rain really kicked in during the final ..read more

(shirt, shorts) It snowed on us for a bit during the run so that was a fun May surprise. I love my helix piercing but goodness gracious I regret it when my ears are cold because it hurtsssssss. I need to be smart and always wear an ear covering if it’s under 35°. Brooke needed Yogurtland so I made that happen and of course joined her in the goodness. Grocery store sushi makes me very happy and I might be the only one (besides Andrew) with this opinion (especially in a landlocked state ha). Let’s cover the tangents for the day: *How we felt after our 3 mile tempo that we told ourselves we w ..read more

Thank you, Emilee and Jo, for meeting me early on Saturday morning for a run. Thank you, legs, for running our 3-mile segment faster than the previous week. Thank you to the majority of my fake eyelashes for staying on during the windy run. Thank you, Panda, for being open at 9:30 am… Brooke was craving it. Thank you, OB exam, for being over quickly because I dread this exam all year long (but good news… some lumps that recently made me nervous are just cysts)! Thank you to the best snack for reentering my life. Thank you, Andrew, for making jokes while we registered Brooke for JUNIOR HIG ..read more

Sleep and sweats won over going for a run. Yesterday was more painful for Brooke so we took it extra low-key. I’ll be back on Monday with a normal post. Thank you for being the best. Tell me three things you have going on today! The post Extra Silentish Saturday! first appeared on The Hungry Runner Girl ..read more

(shorts, long sleeve, bra, shoes) Back to gloves but at least I can say the shorts are here to say. These bushes that we run by smell like actual grape candy. Day #1 of Tee-ball for Beck occurred. Bless the coaches of the 3-4t team. They are truly angels. Brooke even decided to come to his practice. The doctor warned us that things will get worse for her in the next few days, but we are clinging onto hope that she is somehow the world’s best tonsil removal survivor. My sweet friend brought over blizzards for us and Brooke enjoyed hers while she played Zelda with Andrew. Their goal is to com ..read more

(ribbed tank ((with a built-in bra, and a great deal)), shorts, shoes) Well, day #1 was better than we expected! I also think Brooke is very used to her throat hurting (when they looked at her throat before the surgery, they asked how she could even eat with the state of her tonsils!), so she said her sore throat wasn’t too much worse than normal. Brooke slept in our room, and the tip I was given to keep a humidifier next to her was such a good one. We started the day with ice cream and Netflix. A few hours later, she and Andrew watched a movie, and I went out in the sunshine with Emilee for ..read more

I woke up at 3:15 am with my heart pounding and so much fear about Brooke getting her tonsils out. I think Andrew’s job (he works in organ donation… the sad side of it and the stories are so hard) has made me even more anxious about my kids, and there was no chance I could go to sleep. So, I got up early and ran. A few miles into the run, all of my anxieties disappeared. I felt like everything was going to be okay (it was!) and was able to be in a better place to then be able to help Brooke when I got home. Running does so much for me. I owe it big time. I’m learning that getting the leg turn ..read more

I bought Brooke shorts to match with me. 11 miles @ 8:25 average. Don’t be surprised if I get a restraining order placed on me due to the number of pictures I have taken of Clayton Young and Connor Mantz (just Clayton yesterday). I’m so excited each time I see them. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that oatmeal cookies are not an acceptable breakfast item. The day ended with a rained out game and Skye falling asleep on the fields! Now for the tangents of the day: *I didn’t know the Garmin Fenix 7 had a flashlight on it! You can even set it to blink on and off if you run in the dark so cars c ..read more