Run Like a Mother, Dimity McDowell
Run Like a Mother, Dimity McDowell
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Run Like a Mother
How to Get Moving--and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity

Author: Dimity McDowell, Sarah Bowen Shea

Narrator: Dimity McDowell, Sarah Bowen Shea

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019


Synopsis

The Girlfriend’s Guide to Running.

In Run Like a Mother, authors Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea offer both inspirational advice and practical strategies to help multitasking women make running part of their busy lives.

McDowell and Shea understand the various external and internal forces in everyday life that can unintentionally keep a wife--mother--working woman from lacing up her shoes and going for a run. Because the authors are multihyphenates themselves, Run Like a Mother is driven by their own running expertise and real-world experience in ensuring that running is part of their lives.
More than a book, Run Like a Mother is essentially a down-to-earth, encouraging conversation with the reader on all things running, with the overall goal of strengthening a woman's inner athlete. Of course, real achievement is a healthy mix of inspiration and perspiration, which is why the authors have grounded Run Like a Mother in a host of practical tips on shoes, training, racing, nutrition, and injuries, all designed to help women balance running with their professional and personal lives.

Narrated by the authors, with short sections read by Lisa Edwards, Tahni Hamilton, Meredith McNair, and Krista Rider.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie on December 31, 2010

This book was just OK. I got it for free as a kindle download, or I would have really been disappointed. I am not a diehard runner or all that experienced, so I was hoping to get some great tips about fitting more running time into my life, along with working full-time and having a family, etc. I di......more

Goodreads review by Amy on August 07, 2012

This book was written by 2 mom/runners. One is Sarah, the hardcore runner and the other is Dimitry, the go with the flow runner. As I was reading this I realized I related much more to Dimitry than Sarah. If you read Runner's World Magazine or really anything about running, the information in this b......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 29, 2010

Full disclosure: I'm not a mother or a runner. But I would like to become both of these things, one sooner than the other. I figured that since I have a busy life and mothers have busy lives, maybe this will give me some tips on how to fit running into a life full of other obligations. Also, it was......more

Goodreads review by Jamee on August 19, 2013

I came back to edit this review as I am still thinking about this book the next day, and I realized I have to downgrade my rating. This book is actually very discouraging to the recreational/beginner athlete, as both women who wrote this book are ass-letes. They categorize people as "real" runners b......more

Goodreads review by Angela on October 08, 2012

I'd like to start this review by saying that I am finally running again after over 20 years of avoiding it...so this is GOOD! Now, here's the thing--this book will NOT make you a good runner. This book will NOT help you run a distance you've never run before. This book will NOT change fundamental sho......more