"Run like a Mother" by Dimity McDowell and Sarah Shea is an inspiring and hilarious read. In a nutshell, they are writing about the ups, downs and in-betweens of running for women and mothers. This book contains lots of information about running from 5ks to marathons as well as health tips, equipment advice and entertaining anecdotes from these two sports writers.
Some highlights for me were sections on which music to run to, all about marathons, and the chapter called "managing the offspring." The silliest chapter near the end is dedicated to "pottytalk" and deals with "pooping peeing, passing gas and periods." All very informative. Great information is also shared about running during and after pregnancy.
One of my favourite quotes from the book:
The Jekell/Hyde scenarios strike signature feelings of parenthood: guilt and pride. The former is easy to summon.Just think of that training adage "Somewhere out there somebody is working harder than you are" and you pretty much have parenting in the uber-ambitious twenty-first century in a sentence.Somewhere out there a mom spends Saturday hovering over her first grader doing addition... Or patiently making muffins with him and not getting angry when the bag of flour spills all over the floor. Somewhere out there a mom is not running. That mom is not me. I typically don't feel like I should be reading "Frog and Toad All Year" for the fifth time in two days instead of doing a tempo run. Page 169.
My mom demonstrated how to be passionate about something, how to delicately weave an activity into your life so that it marks you but doesn't define you. She showed me that you can be a mother, have another job, and still carve out time for yourself. ... Taking time out to run actually teaches kids that the world-news to them?- doesn't revolve around them.
Page 171
Good read ladies!
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