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Posts Tagged ‘Running’

Why: Pebble in my shoe

By Jen Slayden

Oh life and the gentle reminders she gives us to stay healthy! My focus on centering myself in the last five years has mainly been from going on long runs. Although I see the value in meditation I have not mastered the practice of sitting still! (Does any mother?) Running provides me with a repetitive motion where as my body becomes busier my mind seems to become more still.

One day I went out on a long run. There had been much on my plate that week. I couldn’t find a different plate OR a bigger plate! I needed my meditative run, where my mind clears and opens to new perspectives. I purposefully left my ipod and my phone at home. No interruptions, no running partners. This was ME time.

I started out with a slow stride until I could feel my body warm up and relax into the movement. When I could feel the tension start to ease I started thinking about some challenges I was facing. Around this same time I felt a small pebble in my shoe but it did not warrant taking the time to stop and remove.
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Mama(lode) asks: Resolutions

“We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” ~ Ellen Goodman

Ellen’s words struck me today as I was thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Achievable? Stupid? Wishful thinking? I’ve been bombarded by news reports regarding the number of people who make and achieve their resolutions. The numbers were discouraging. Statistics show that 97% of resolutions are never achieved. Ugh.
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Why: Moms, Miracles and Marathons

By Jen Slayden

jenatbernicesLast spring, I sat outside Bernice’s Bakery drinking coffee and chatting with my good friend Angie. Angie was on the planning committee for Relay for Life and although very enthusiastic about the mission of Relay, she wished she was raising money specifically for the cancer that she had been living with since 2006.

Angie has a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, or GIST for short. As we sat there talking an idea hatched. Oregon Health Sciences University, a facility directly involved in GIST research, is in Portland where I had run my second marathon in 2008. Somewhere along the line of conversation, we agreed I could run again and raise a little money. She could walk and hope to portray a healthy mom to her three beautiful daughters who had seen mom sick for too long. It would also give her a break from dealing with cancer and let her rejoin the “world of the healthy people”.
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W&W: Be a Diva for a Day

Join other Missoula area women at Community Medical Center for the Missoula All Woman’s 5K on Saturday, October 3. This is the day for all of the women to be Divas, for fitness, for health, for the pure enjoyment of being out and on the move.

Women — of all ages, generations, fitness levels, running enthusiasts, walkers, wheelers, strollers — can all benefit from the coming together to encourage each other, celebrate and enjoy a grand day for themselves. The grandmothers can inspire their granddaughters, the young ones can hop, skip and jump their way to a finish, mothers and daughters can cheer and run side by side for support.

Race day registration is $30 and packet pickup starts at 8:00 am on Saturday. The 5K race begins at 9:30 and a Free Family Fun Walk follows the run at 11:00. Following the walk, Runner’s Edge and Betty’s Divine will strut their diva fashions during the fashion show.

Check out www.runwildmissoula.org for more information.

W&W: The Missoula Marathon

What is going on around town, what you outta know about it and when it it is. This is a deeper look at the mamalode calendar

runwildlogoThe Missoula Marathon includes a full 26.2 mile marathon, 13.1 mile half marathon, marathon relay (teams of 4) and kids marathon. The kids marathon utilizes a log system over a period of months for kids to walk or jog 25 miles. The day of the Missoula Marathon the kids complete the final 1.2 miles, and have ultimately finished 26.2 miles.

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