Pulse Yoga dvd giveaway!

As a mom and a runner you can greatly benefit from yoga! As a runner it helps you strengthen your core muscles and as a mom those warrior stances come in handy when the kids won't listen!

So I'm very happy to announce that KMR Communications has offered a DVD of Pulse Yoga to one lucky reader!

To Enter: Leave me a comment telling me why you would like to win this great DVD.

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Giveaway ends November 30, 2009 and is open to those with a US Mailing Address.

The winner will be chosen by using random.org. Winner will have 72 hours to respond to notification with shipping info - if no response, another winner will be chosen.

Mom Pacer

Don't know what a pacer is? Read yesterday's post and find out!

Wordless Wednesday

Pacer

They come in very handy for runners: pacers. People who run along to provide the right pace. All you have to do is follow their lead.

As a mom you can use pacers too! You just wanna be really careful who you choose. For example, I would not recommend Angelina Jolie as you personal mom pacer! She's already got her figure back, looks gorgeous all the time, while travelling all over the world with her six kids and shooting movies left en and right. These are the kind of pacers you need like another kids' drawing on your living room wall.

So it's very important to choose the right pacer. One you know you can keep up with.

I would like to introduce you to mine! Here she is! Isn't she best mom pacer ever?!

The brass ring

As a mom I strive for the brass ring. I'm giving it everything I've got to be the best mom I can be. As a runner, oh well, I'll just go out and buy me a ring at John Hardy. It's so much easier.

As a runner I don't even try to get the brass ring. I know I'm not a fast runner and I mostly strive for strength and equilibrium. Both of which will serve me well as a mom.

But of course, my inner runner likes a treat now and then too, hence the ring at John Hardy. And maybe a watch, and a pendant, and a charm bracelet. I wish I had run into this shop before my birthday!

For my eighteenth birthday my parents gave me this golden ring with a small diamond that could grow. Experts are now very concerned about its stunted growth.

So when I turned forty I thought: 'Wouldn't it be nice to to have a slightly bigger diamond to mark this special occasion?' My husband ran to the nearest jewelry store, but came home crying like a baby, when he heard how much it cost. So he gave me a nice new set of towels for my birthday. It really brought tears to my eyes.

But then I stumbled upon John Hardy's shop, and my heart skipped more beats than it does during running. They have the most beautiful rings, and some rockin' watches! And the best news is: it's almost Christmas!

So I'm already making a list, and checking it twice.

So if you have a moment, I suggest you run by John Hardy, and say hi for me!

To greet, or not to greet, that is the question!

It's a runner's dilemma: to greet or not to greet fellow runners. Do you greet them like long lost friends, or at least acknowledge them as the running colleagues they are? Or do you look stubbornly in front of you and pass them in silence?

I used to shout out a friendly 'Good morning', but too many times, all I got in return was silence. So now I'm a bit torn. Ignoring fellow runners makes me feel uncomfortable but getting no reply doesn't make me feel very warm and fuzzy either. It's a bit like getting snubbed! There you are, putting yourself out there, and then you get the cold shoulder.

Also, it's easier to greet some runners than others. It's those very thin male runners, in 'real' runner's shorts that I hardly dare say hi to. They're like the popular group in high school, in which I will never fit in. I find it much easier to greet runners who look like they want to take a really long nap.

Anyway, even though I don't have an answer to the question: 'To greet, or not to greet' I do know one thing: if someone greets yóú, you should always respond in kind!

Otherwise I know a very specific greeting.
It involves my middle finger.

Running wisdom

I was running along a bike path, covered in leaves, and the only reason I knew it was a bike path, was because I had run there during summer.

And suddenly it struck me, a runner's wisdom that also applies to life: even though sometimes you can't see your path, it doesn't mean it isn't there!

Wordless Wednesday

Multitasking

Today I went for my 'city run'. It's my most interesting run in terms of different views. I run along the railroad track, trains thundering past me. Then I have to cross three bridges, and at the end of my run there's this little harbor with boats! After the boats it's only a few minutes and I'm surrounded by lots of shops, which I pay no heed of course. I'm a serious runner!

To let my body know it's time for a break I walk to a nice coffeehouse and have a cup of coffee. After my cup of coffee I usually run home.

But this time I thought it was a good idea to buy some sticky buns for the kids, to have for lunch. So I walked along the market place, surrounded by all kinds of merchandise and smells of french fries and fish. I was almost ready to run home when I stumbled upon a booth with sweet little dresses for about 15 dollar!

Some might say I got sidetracked, but personally I'ld like to think I was multitasking.

Which just goes to show how much motherhood and running can offer each other. Running teaches moms valuable lessons about pacing themselves, and motherhood teaches runners to multitask.

It's a win-win combination.

Also, I look really good in that 15 dollar dress!