Resources for Run­ning Moms

Happy Mother’s Day!

Run­ning in the Fam­ily would like to wish all Moms, whether run­ning moth­ers or moth­ers of run­ners, a very happy, won­der­ful, and joy­ous Mother’s Day!

All the won­der­ful moms out there go the extra mile every day to keep our fam­i­lies run­ning. But with all the run­ning around moms do to keep their fam­i­lies run­ning, there’s not much time left to get the right info to keep your­self run­ning. So with you in mind, here’s a selec­tion of run­ning resources for moms to help you get more out of your run­ning. I per­son­ally fol­low each of these and hope that you’ll find them as use­ful and enjoy­able as I do.

Healthy Mom Blogs

You may or may not live in a com­mu­nity where there is a group of active moms who sup­port each other. Even if you don’t, you can tap in to a vir­tual com­mu­nity of fit moms. Check out some of these mom-​​friendly fit­ness blogs.

• Train­ing for Fun — Train­ing for fun, by Luann Abrams, shows you how to stay fit with your kids, instead of in spite of them. The site is packed with great ideas for turn­ing work­out time into play­time with your kids, and at the same time help­ing them to grow up healthy and share in your fit­ness values.
• Book­ieboo — Book­ieboo is a place where moms into fit­ness, weight loss, and healthy liv­ing get together to share. Among other things, it fea­tures the Bookei­boo blog with health and fit­ness tips, tons of resources, and Mama­va­tion — a group of moms help­ing each other to reach their fit­ness goals together. Cre­ated by Leah Segedie, Book­ieboo includes a bunch of con­tribut­ing moms and a very active com­mu­nity. (free reg­is­tra­tion required to access most site features)
• Work­out Mommy — Work­out Mommy, writ­ten by Lisa who was a per­sonal trainer and group fit­ness instruc­tor, fea­tures other fit moms and shares the joys of chal­lenges of stay­ing fit with lit­tle kids. Work­out Mommy is also a com­mu­nity mod­er­a­tor on Bookieboo.
• The Well Mom — This blog, writ­ten by Heather Cabot fea­tures a wealth of arti­cles help­ing moms to stay well-​​nourished, well-​​centered, well-​​toned, well-​​pampered, and well-​​connected.
• Active Kids Club — Active Kids Club started as an out­door play­group in Toronto, and has turned into a fan­tas­tic web­site with tons of arti­cles, resources, and infor­ma­tion for how to stay active with your kids, and how to form out­door play­groups of your own!

Rec­om­mended Fam­ily Blogs

While not specif­i­cally fitness-​​related, these are blogs that all moms can relate to. Some are insight­ful, some are funny, and hope­fully you will enjoy them all.

• Zen Fam­ily Habits — This min­i­mal­ist blog shows you how to enjoy your fam­ily life more by sim­pli­fy­ing and focus­ing on the things that really mat­ter to you.
• The Bad Par­ent — The Bad Par­ent is a col­umn hosted on Bab​ble​.com which fea­tures “taboo-​​breaking con­fes­sions” from par­ents who either didn’t quite do things by the book, or who per­haps even com­pletely ignored the book and forged their own path. Def­i­nitely worth a read!
• Rocks in my Dryer — Hilar­i­ous takes on fam­ily life that we all can relate to. For a good sam­pling of what you’ll find there, check out the posts on the Best Of page.

Run­ning Resources

Here’s a list of my favorite run­ning resources. Although these aren’t “just for moms,” I think a list of resources for moms would be incom­plete with­out these.

• RunAd­dicts — Fab­u­lous pro­fes­sional blog for run­ners with great tips and articles.
• John “The Pen­guin” Bing­ham — I miss read­ing “The Penguin’s” col­umn in Runner’s World, but you can still fol­low him online! A def­i­nite “must read” for all non-​​élite run­ners (like me).
• Runner’s World — The ubiq­ui­tous runner’s mag­a­zine online.
• Road Run­ner Sports — The World’s Largest Run­ning Store. This is where I buy all of my run­ning shoes and run­ning gear! (affil­i­ate link)

If you know of any great run­ning resources for moms that you would like to share, please let us know about them in the com­ments section!

I hope you find these resources to be use­ful, infor­ma­tive, and enjoy­able. But most of all, I hope that you find the oppor­tu­nity this Mother’s Day to do some­thing that makes you feel spe­cial. Happy Mother’s Day!

6 Comments

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  Davy May 23, 2010 at 4:06 am

  Hi there, thanks for list­ing my web­site! You con­verted me into a recur­ring vis­i­tor
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    Evhen May 23, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    No prob­lem! Glad to have you vis­it­ing! Your site is one of my favorite feeds in Google Reader. Keep the great arti­cles at Run Addicts coming!
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  Goldie Froid May 17, 2010 at 7:34 pm

  Cool stuff you got here, I will be sure to come back weekly.
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  Theodore Few May 14, 2010 at 10:35 pm

  Good info­ma­tion here, thanks.
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