This website is about the intersection of running and family - finding time to run while trying to keep up with life; helping your kids find their own joy in running and fitness through your example; and learning to grow and run together.
When running becomes part of who you are, part of your family identity, and you all inspire and motivate each other, then it is truly running in the family.
As an advocate of running and family fitness, I’m constantly scanning the news feeds for family friendly running news. Here are two newsworthy items that I thought were worth sharing.
No running in Mrs. Obama’s plan?
I, along with the rest of the fitness community I’m sure, applaud our First Lady’s commitment to fighting youth obesity. This [...]
Family vacations to Walt Disney World can truly be a “magical” time. The folks at Disney take extra effort to help create a little bit of magic for everyone. Even running can be a magical experience at Disney World – especially if you’re staying at one of the Disney resorts!
Along with planning beautiful themed resorts [...]
New Year’s Day was just a little over a month ago and, judging by the increased availability of treadmills at the gym, it looks like the New Year’s resolutions are starting to slip.
How are you doing with your running and fitness goals? How is the rest of your family doing?
As the Holidays pass and we [...]
Running in the Family is running a contest to select a high school student as our featured blogger
I was never much of a runner in high school. I only ran one season of Track my freshman year – and I didn’t do that very well. I didn’t really start enjoying running until after college. But [...]
This week’s Sunday USA Weekend newspaper insert contained a brief article entitled “How to sneak fitness into your children’s lives” (online version here), highlighting a book by Larysa Didio called Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Slip Fitness into Your Child’s Everyday Life.
For some reason, the article troubled me as I was reading it, and [...]
This week my 48 state run took me through Watkins Glen, NY. Located on the southern tip of Seneca Lake, Watkins Glen is a major tourist destination in New York’s Finger Lakes country.
First, my route went past Watkins Glen International, which features world-class racing including NASCAR, Indy, and historic & vintage car races. It’s quite [...]
I’ve been doing a lot of treadmill running due to the cold weather and dark mornings and evenings. But today was too beautiful to stay indoors, even though it was only 12 degrees outside (1 with windchill). So I ran outside and took some pictures along the way!
Winter running really is beautiful, especially when the [...]
I just found out today that a friend of mine from college was on the Rachel Ray Show because she and several friends decided to start a running group during lunch at work – the “Lunch Ladies.” They keep themselves motivated by finding a fun run to do each month, and for December they chose [...]
The hope
After we finished a wonderful shrimp and risotto dinner this evening, my wife said, “You should go to the gym tonight.” I was feeling rather full, but it was my turn to work out – and I was excited to add some mileage to my Run 48 States endeavor. So I changed into my [...]
Running in the Family is going to run all 48 continental states!
With the dawn of a new year and a new decade, I’ve launched a new endeavor. I’m going to run through all 48 continental states in the USA! And I can’t think of a better place to kick it off than right here in [...]
