The MomBabes

Baby steps still move you forward.

Piper re-learning to walk last year allowed me to re-learn to run. Together, each night we took baby steps finding our footing again in all meaning of the word. Tonight, I brought her to our last run group session of our Learn to Run program. She is such a big reason of the why I started running again. I wanted her to feel how much she inspired me to step out of my comfort zone.

And now a few weeks from the teen years and those baby steps feel not so little anymore but she still held my hand walking to the car. Baby steps. Onward.❤️

And to all the women that showed up week after week pushing me to show up and inspiring me with your consistency and community. I’m forever grateful for this RunBabe era.

Want to run? Take some baby steps? We’re back at it April 29!

ADHD + Running : A story

It has brought a lot of interest to how my brain works

I was driving the run club this morning and Sheena Easton’s “morning train” came on Spotify and as I turned it up (because catchy tune!) I realized it had like a run tempo.

“My baby takes the morning train;
He works from nine till five and then;
He takes another home again;
To find me waitin’ for him.”

🎶🎶🎶🎶

As I was running I found myself repeating the chorus over and over as it helped me keep my pace, and my brain no longer defaulted to;
“Am I bored?”
“Does my body hurt?”
“Are my legs tired?”
“It’s really cold out, I should stop.”
“Do I hate this?”
“No, I’m ok.”
“Running sucks.”
“How much further? Maybe just walk.”

Now my brain quietly just hummed the lyrics while I felt the road under my feet and the cold on my face.

The power of ADHD medication.🤯

I can now move my body without this constant chatter telling me to stop. Because for so many of us with ADHD our brain stays in “fight or flight” so when you do something that makes your body hurt your brain says, “Stop. Danger. Don’t do it.” Even after you somehow found the motivation to actually put on running shoes, checked the weather, found clothes that don’t feel too tight, decided on a route (that’s not too far) and actually go outside.

I know how much it takes to show up. I see you.

Today, I realized the power of my ADHD medication and how all I had to do was put glasses on my brain.🤓

Clear skies ahead.☀️