AMR Answers: Can Mother Runners Really “Do It All?”

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This is the episode for folks who debate how to fit in everything—workouts, work, family, chores, self-care, etcetera. Spurred on by a question from Trisha, the hosting duo shares crowd-sourced responses that range from practical advice to guilt-alleviating empathy and clear-eyed insight. A thought-provoking episode, for sure. Before turning to answers, Sarah shares good news about her running two years post-bulging disks, and raves about her new kicks. Join the run-your-first-marathon webinar Dimity mentions. To record a question, please call 470-BADASS1 (470-223-2771). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to AMR Answers, this is Sarah Boensche.
0:08.0	And this is Dimmity McDowell.
0:10.0	Sarah, what's going on in Portland, Oregon?
0:13.0	I am on a running high from several days long.
0:18.0	My running is just in a really good place right now.
0:22.0	I'm very happy about it.
0:23.0	That's awesome.
0:24.0	Yes.
0:25.0	Yeah. Like would define what a good place means.
0:27.0	Well, for starters, two years ago,
0:30.0	we are recording this on Valentine's Day two years ago on oh happy
0:34.6	Galentine's day that was yesterday today's Valentine's so that two years ago
0:41.1	today to the day, was when my bulging discs presented themselves and it was tied with two other of events that made it the most painful run I've ever taken in my life.
0:56.2	And and then it led to a almost a year of not running and then
1:08.3	six to 12 months of coming back and I am back I am back
1:18.4	back with a capital B that is awesome awesome. Awesome. Yes. And so I and I am switched to a new model of running shoes new model for me from our friends at Topo Athletic.
1:22.8	And as I said in a recent native ad that I'm typically very loyal.
1:27.4	Once I find a shoe that works, I stick with it.
1:30.3	But I have been given that I had the back injury and that I am no longer quite as young as I used to be
1:37.3	I am intrigued by Max cushioned shoes and so topo has come out with a max cushion shoe, meaning that there's a whole lot of cushioning under your foot.
1:46.0	And so the Topo version of that is called the Atmos, as in the first five letters of atmosphere.
1:52.0	And I was... the first five letters of atmosphere.
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