Coffee Concerns
Welcome to Thinner Thursday! I’ve teamed up with Courtney at The Mommy Matters and together we are going to share the hosting duties to bring you the best weekly link-up that we possibly can. If you...
View ArticleAchievement Unlocked – #ThinnerThursday
Setting goals frightens me. It is always exceptionally easy to want to do something. It is even easier to dream about doing something. As soon as it becomes a goal though, especially a verbalized...
View ArticleRunning the Race – #ThinnerThursday
If you would have told me back in the spring what I would accomplish over the summer, I would have shaken my head and told you that you had the wrong person. Me? Run? Run a race? Run two races? You’re...
View ArticleThe Big Reset
Last night, as we sat on the cusp of 2012, my husband asked me if this had been a good year. I teared up. There is one memory that hasn’t left me all year. One memory that was created exactly one year...
View ArticleGet Out That Door
I have dealt with anxiety my entire life. It isn’t debilitating and I manage it well, but every once in a while I start to notice that familiar feeling of fear and stress rise up within me. Because it...
View ArticleOne Step
There is just something about goals that keeps every Mommy going. The goal to have dinner made in the evening. The goal to clean the bathroom by the end of the week. Goals to teach children to use the...
View ArticleDid You Win, Mama?
I remember the first time I realized I really couldn’t do anything I wanted, despite all my best intentions. I was in Grade Eight, my final year of Middle School, and I decided it was time for me to...
View ArticleLooking Behind
My baby woke me up at 6am on Sunday. This wasn’t shocking. His sleeps have hardly been long over the past few weeks. Sometimes, he even graces me with his presence hourly. The difference between this...
View ArticleThe Race Shirt
Apparently it is both unlucky and uncool to wear your swag-bag race shirt during a race. Those in the know suggest wearing the same clothes you train in to avoid any wardrobe malfunctions whereas...
View ArticleMusic To Run To: My Favorite Running Playlist
Much to my husband’s chagrin, I’m really not a music person. I enjoyed listening in high school and even went to a few concerts. These days, when I am in the mood, I can throw on a good album and get...
View ArticleMy Next BIG Thing
Hi, my name is Laura O’Rourke and I am addicted to running. Or maybe I’m addicted to not running. Yeah. That has to be it. It has been 47 days since I last ran. The very last time I ran. I had a great...
View ArticleWhy Moms Run
I often wonder why I chose NOW to run. No, I don’t mean now now. I’m not certainly not running now as I am typing and I won’t be running the moment this post goes live, and it is probably unlikely...
View ArticleHow To Run Your Best Race: Super Fast
Until recently, I kind of forgot that Amy was always the athletic one growing up. At nearly three years my junior, she was the sporty one. That’s what happens in families. You forge your own niches to...
View ArticleThe Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K
Canada vs America Runner with Runner Together Against Blood Cancer The Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K November 8 – 15, 2013 Join the Race to end blood cancers with Greta from G*Funkified and...
View ArticleRace Bibs Revealed
I am so grateful for all of the sign ups that we have had so far for The Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K. At time of writing this post, Team USA is ahead by 5 registrations. (It doesn’t need to...
View ArticleYour Last Day To Sign Up for the Virtual 5K is…
I have a really exciting and important announcement! After much discussion with Greta, we’ve decided to extend the race and the sign-up time for The Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K. (click the...
View ArticleSupported
There was a lot that I wasn’t sure of before I started my journey with Team and Training. Fundraising? Yeah, I wasn’t sure about that. At all. Running with people? Also intimidating. Coaches? Well, I...
View ArticleThe Weight of Everything
I’m coming back to reality after one week of a complete connection reevaluation. For me, “connecting” usually means plugging in. It means networking online. It means writing and reading and commenting....
View ArticleLose It For Good: Get in Shape for a Cause
Am I the only one still in New Year’s resolution mode? Ironically, now that my half-marathon is over, I have big plans for shedding some of those Christmas pounds that I have been holding on to....
View ArticleThe Happiest Place On Earth
I just came home from a really incredible trip. I made my way through an entire half marathon without dying and have a medal to prove it. I met many beautiful, incredible new and old blogging friends....
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