Thursday, July 1st, 2010

the Mother Runner

posted by lizzie    « 4 Comments »    tied to artistic endeavors, motherhood, running, writing   

With all of the brainstorming and thinking that I have been doing over the past year about how I can keep up my writing while I am still up to my eyeballs is baby-ness, I’m surprised I didn’t think of this sooner. But a month or so ago I came up with the idea to try a running/health/fitness/mom blog and see how it goes. I am a little apprehensive about it because I have tried to launch a more “creative” writing blog before and it wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped. At least not yet. It turns out that I am not a very good editor, and also that two kids sapped the creative energy I needed to write more creative things. So I’m taking a different tack this time. And can I really go wrong when combining three of my favorite things? If chocolate, peanut butter and ice cream are a good combination, then certainly motherhood, writing, and running will be at least as good.

Here it is. The Mother Runner. (http://www.themotherrunner.com/) What can I say about it? It’s my place to write about trying to maintain a healthy, active, happy family. I hope it is interesting to others. I hope it is inspirational to others. I hope to attract some sort of following. So far I have a few easy recipes, some parenting stuff, some scientific studies, and lots of things about running. And so far I really enjoy it. It is still a work in progress. There’s design work to be done (my designer, oddly, seems to be overbooked these days), I still need to figure out how to include more visual elements, and there are lots of other things that will evolve as I get into a groove.

Let me know what you think of it and if you have any suggestions. I am especially interested in ideas regarding visuals — pictures, charts, videos, etc. Anything, really. I’d love for this to be a successful endeavor. Thanks ever so much.

Comments

  1. Stephanie Bassett says:
    July 1, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Very nice. I’ve recently taken an interest in running and since I’ve only ever been a very, very casual runner, I don’t know a lot about the science and methods of it. I’ve glanced through a few posts and so far it’s very interesting to me. As far as pictures go, I think it would be nice to have some in the posts. It could be a generic photo you find somewhere that relates to the topic. One of the few blogs I follow that is written by someone I don’t know has a picture at the end of every post (sometimes more pictures, but always at least one), whether it’s related to the topic of the post or just a picture of some flowers outside her house or a beautiful sunset.

  2. Becca says:
    July 1, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    I am thrilled about this! Mostly because I love to run and hope to be a mother eventually… ;) I’ve checked it out and really just think that you are incredibly talented. If I come up with any brilliant suggestions- or any ideas at all I’ll pass them on. :)

  3. Misty says:
    July 2, 2010 at 1:44 am

    This is cool! I was thinking about the intersection of all these things the other day! Hurray! This is going to be great!

  4. lizzie says:
    July 3, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Thanks for the suggestions, Stephanie. I’ve had some other good feedback as well and I’m excited to put your thoughts into action. I hope it turns out as well as I hope. Thanks for all of your support!

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