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13/07/2024

We might be too glued to the Tour De France in this household right now to think too much about that other event coming up in Paris, but THIS is very cool.

Allyson Felix holds a record 20 World Championship medals and 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds. She is acutely aware of what it takes to be an elite athlete, and an elite athlete mom.

She is teaming up with Pampers to create the first-ever Pampers Nursery in the Athletes Village at the Paris Olympics. The nursery will offer a space for moms to bond with, nurse and play with their babies, helping to alleviate some of the pressures of competition.

“I just knew how difficult it was to compete at the top level after I had my daughter, and some practical things were really hard. And so when I joined the Athletes Commission of the IOC, I really wanted to be that voice for athlete moms, and just take away one less thing for them to worry about in the pressure of competition,” said Felix. Bravo 👏

16/02/2022

Who is going to Run with the Marines this year?

WARNING: they made registration easy, but they certainly didn’t make it cheap! 😲

Are you in? Register now: http://ms.spr.ly/6180wKMH2

14/02/2022

I can't stop giggling about this shirt. Buy one & make people chuckle. (While supporting a great organization!)

The Ironman Foundation creates positive, tangible change in 75 national and international Ironman race communities through grant funding and volunteerism. Check out some of their projects in 2021 alone! Relying on donations, The Ironman Foundation has supported humanitarian relief after natural disa...

07/06/2021

This is what I've been doing. I think I'm finally climbing over the hill from stressed & obsessed to grateful & ready to integrate a new training routine.

What have you brave women athletes conquered lately? Let's celebrate!

“That’s being yourself. Chasing wherever inspiration goes, even if it’s radically different from the thing that people know you as.” - .manuelmirandaofficial

Last summer changed everything for me. By October, I knew I was going to dive into this brand-new-to-me industry. I put triathlon training on hold (races were a dream and not a reality for the foreseeable future) and enrolled in classes. After months of dreaming & planning, a seemingly endless search for Northern Virginia warehousing space, weeks of waiting for federal permit amendments, and yet another trip to visit our producers, I have finally sent off for the final step in our creation: our applications for our Virginia Importer & Wholesaler licenses!

This feels like a giant step for our fledgling company! It’s means we are almost ready to expand consumer access to tasty, authentic Rheingau wines.

Have you ever tried a ? You might soon!

24/03/2021

I think we can probably all relate to this story.

Last summer, while I was out for a run, a man yelled and waved at me from his porch.

I had my earbuds in and my music on, but he was loud enough to stop me in my tracks.

He looked upset, so my first thought was that he was going to warn me about a bear ahead.

I quickly pulled my earbuds out and asked, “What’s up?”

He leaned forward in his chair, looking quite annoyed, and said, “You run by my house all the time and you never say hello, or even wave.”

(This man was not within my line of vision. He was set far back from the road. Though he’d apparently been watching me, I had never seen him back there.)

Flustered, I said, “Oh. I’m sorry. Well, hello then.”

His expression changed to a more pleasant one and he said, “That wasn’t so hard, was it?” and laughed.

I waved and ran off.

I had a few kilometers left of my run to think through what had just happened. By the time I got to my driveway, I was furious.

Here’s where some of you are going to think, Oh, how silly. No harm done.

Or, He’s probably just a lonely old guy.

It can’t hurt to say "Hello!"

I challenge you to set aside those initial thoughts.

I am friendly by nature. I smile at people I pass, say a little hello. I’ve thrown a ball back to a child, taken a photo for a couple, moved a turtle to safety... etc.

But what do I owe this man who is a complete stranger to me?

If he’s lonely, is it up to me to entertain him?

If he’s sad, is it on me to make him happy?

And--if I were a man out for a run, would he have stopped me and spoke to me in the same angry manner?

I am a mother of five. I have very few moments in the day where someone isn’t demanding my attention. These runs keep me sane. I lose myself in my music and thoughts. It’s as close as I ever come to meditation.

I was also working on my speed.

Focused on taking seconds off my last run time.

He stopped me from that.

He believed that his needs were more important than mine. (A woman he doesn’t know, but thought owed him something)

Well that’s not new, is it?

It’s not new. But it has to change.

How many times have I heard a man say, "Smile, sweetheart"?

How many times have I been polite to a man who was making me uneasy?

How many unwanted advances have I received?

How many times has a man acted nasty when I turned him down on an unwanted advance?

How many times have my No's been ignored?

How many times have I been violated?

Too fu***ng many.

These little things--the ones that some will tell you are "silly"--become the big things.

The little things that we’ve been socially conditioned to respond to ever so sweetly, that we are often too nice to challenge--these become the big things that we can no longer ignore.

Women do not exist to please men.

(via Right Brained Mom)

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