Happy Mother Runners Day
Mother runners: they are mighty. Some of the most inspirational women I know are the moms up before the sun, pounding out a few glorious miles on their own because the mommin’ kicks in. Moms run for all kinds of reasons and you can check out a few of them from Sarah. Mother Runners day needs to be celebrated year round!
Happy Mother Runners Day
I have to confess: running for me as a mom was a selfish choice. I wanted to get away from the kids for a bit.
When there are a lot of little ones pulling at your leg and needing your attention, you sometimes feel the need to get away from it all.
I started with a mile a day, moved up to 2 miles and hung there for a while. I just needed 25-30 minutes of sweat, endorphins, and some non-kid-appropriate music blaring through the headphones to clear the cobwebs.
It worked, by golly.
Now those 2 milers have stretched upwards to 20 miles when I trained for the marathon. I’m still running; I’m still enjoying my selfish time, but I’m also seeing an unexpected benefit:
My kids started running.
What?! How did this happen?
“We saw you do it, mom.”
Insert ALL the emoji heart eyes here.
To steal from my favorite running shirt: running isn’t mom being selfish, it’s mom being AWESOME.
Moms: go forth and run and be awesome. Mother’s Day is your day and if starting it off with a race or a quick run is what you need, have a great run!
And I hope you feel absolutely zero guilt over it. You know we’re all about that #NoGuiltLife around here.
I’m sharing some of my favorite running mommas today. I love them and their spirit— and what they are passing on to their children. Because that’s what moms DO!
Happy Mother’s Day, Mommas!
Patty Holliday is the owner and creator of all things No-Guilt Universe. As a lifelong fangirl and pop culture connoisseur, she’s been creating online since 2009. You can find her work at No-Guilt Disney.com, No-Guilt Fangirl.com, No-Guilt Life, and as host of the top-rated No-Guilt Disney Podcast.
How great that your kids started to run after seeing you do it!
What a great post! As a very new mother Runner who just had her first baby this year, it’s great to see that your kids and others have enjoyed running with you. It is hard to hush the mom guilt some days, but we all need our own me time!
I love this post because I started the same way as you. Have been a mum for 5 years and until this year it really was all about the kids and I found that I needed something that was just for me. So I started running and I have finally found that “space”. I really love it and now as my 5 year old sees all these medals coming in, she also wants to get into it. So I will do a 5k with her in August/ September.
What a great post! I loved seeing all the pictures of the moms and their kids running. My oldest son did a couple of races with me before he went through that not wanting to be around me stage… I hope he comes back to it.
One of my kids runs with me sometimes. I would love to get him running more.
Love all the pictures!
Aww the last pic of your daughter running was precious. I wish I liked running with people but I just can’t. I get distracted.
Totally understand! It feels different with the kids, though.
My oldest went out and ran a few times by himself. “I just felt like running” Total Forrest Gump moment! ha!
Awww, kids do that to us, don’t they? I hope he gets back to it someday too.
Wonderful! WTG, momma!
We sure do!
I think they caught on to the running = Disney thing I have going on. LOL
I am so excited that my picture made your blog. I feel like one of the cool kids. It is great when the kids pick up one of our good habits, not that I have any bad ones.
I’m not a running mother but I do hope that I have kids that will want to run with me someday! I love all of those pictures you shared – I don’t think I’d seen all of your kids in one picture together!