Coach Jen B

I bet you did and didn't even realize it.  The other day, I was feeling rather sorry for myself.  I have been missing my girls on my runs lately and was thinking that I was going to have to change the name of my blog because I've been running by myself a lot lately.  Perhaps I'm a bit overdramatic.  A few years ago I talked Stacy into running with me.  Our kid playdates soon became replaced with mommy run-dates.  I was in heaven and my bestest friend was running with me.  I didn't realize it at the time but I inspired her to run.   But the story doesn't end there, Stacy has gone on to inspire many other people to run.  She runs with a group of women after school most days before getting her daughter at daycare.  She has also been running with one of her teacher friends throughout the summer.  She even inspired her daycare provider (who is a super fit woman already) to start running again.  The it dawned on me - Inspi...

"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far ... no membership card to get. You just run." -- John Bingham Start out small.   Don’t take on too much mileage or too fast too soon because more than likely that will lead to injuries.    Schedule in runs & make exercise a priority.   Too many times, I hear, “I don’t know how you find the time?” or “I don’t have the time.”   Honestly, in the beginning, I didn’t think I had the time either.   It wasn’t easy finding that time either.   I seriously had to write it on the calendar on the days I was going to exercise.   Now I just know I’m going to do some type of exercise each day. Listen to your body.    Your body will tell me if it’s tired and needs a rest day.   Recovery is just as important to the training as the running part is.   Shoes.   Visit your local running...