It’s been a while since my last runner’s Spotlight, but I hope to have a few to share over the next few months. Today is Kaitlyn’s turn! Kaitlyn is a mom of 3 and is very active in the community. We have run together quite often over the years, but she has definitely now surpassed me in strength and in endurance as you will learn through her story here! We ran the Berry Half Marathon a few weeks ago and left me in the dust within seconds!   How and when did you start running? I grew up in a large, very active military family. My dad was enlisted in…

I’ve written a few posts about my running, one about my runner’s journey and a couple recapping some half marathon races (here, here and here) and after finishing my 5th half marathon this past weekend, I decided to share my thoughts about running after these past few years. There are some things that I enjoy about running, but there are some things about it that I do not. Here are the things that I enjoy and love about running: I love my running community and the support my running friends give me. While I was pretty disappointed in my time (my time is not improving, but getting slower in these…

The Women’s Northside 4 miler race is hosted by the Atlanta Track Club and these photos were free to download: I was excited for some good pictures and I will be printing some to add to one of my running photo albums. One of my running friends suggested this race earlier this year and a group of us decided to join her and run this 4 mile race in Atlanta. A few of us spent the night at a hotel (I will share those pictures next week) and had dinner the night prior, but all of us ran and then had brunch after the race. It was a wonderful time…

Lari shared a little about her running journey a couple months back on the blog (here) and she was recently asked to share some of her thoughts about running and health at our Tuesday running club night. I thought what she shared was very interesting (I have been told to watch my A1C as I am in that pre-diabetes range with a 5.7 score) and we had talked about it one evening as we ran. I thought these insights would be appreciate by all of my readers expecially the ones who run and have some interest in how our bodies work. Here is what she shared, thanks, again, Lari! RUNNING,…

I am always excited when one of the guys is willing to share his running journey for the blog and by extension to the rest of our running club since I usually link these posts on our running group text. I shared Patricia’s story last year in April here, and as a reminder, if you have missed any, you can always search them up under the runner’s spotlight tab on the blog. I love reading these because I learn so much about my friends! I thought that Marvin had been running for quite a while and I was surprised that he only had been running a couple more years than…

I met Kelly in running club and we have run a few times together. I love how asking club members and running blogger friends to share the story behind why they run or how long they have been running opens a door into knowing them better and how it is encouraging to many of us. When I go about my errands in the morning, I often see Kelly on her runs and honk at her to say hi. I knew that she had run some marathons, but never knew how many and how long she had been running. I am honored for her to share her story with us! Here…

I am so excited that Lari agreed to share her running journey with us! I’ve run with her quite a few times on our Tuesday night running club runs and am always amazed at her dedication to running. She is fast, she is consistent and in her early sixties is someone that I admire and hope to emulate. She loves trail running! How and when did you start running: I started running at age 14 to lose weight. I would run to visit my horse which was about a mile away from our house. Prior to starting my running journey, I was a competitive swimmer on a City team in…

Today’s runner’s Spotlight is a different format than my usual as I had my son share a 8th grade writing piece he wrote for class. I really enjoyed reading and learning about his thoughts about his 2 years running in Cross Country. So without further ado, here is Joseph’s story! “Ouch!” I cried in pain. “Ice it,” my mother instructed me. I grabbed an ice pack out of the freezer and put it on my heel. “It feels like a thousand bullet ants bit me,” I explained. The next few days, I ran and then had extreme pain in my heel. Stretching it didn’t help. I put on heel compression…