okay, wow! Haha maybe her giant stoller is an equalizer so you two can run together! I bet that will make her even faster when she runs without it!

oh my goodness…triplets! my sister in law is pregnant with twins…and i just…i just can’t imagine – let alone running with multiple babies. i’m in awe!

You two are super moms in my eyes, I have a near 3 month old and look forward to running with her this spring but I am super intimidated by doing it with a stroller!!

She’s definitely a bad @ss! You are too! I struggle just to get myself through a run, I can’t imagine pushing 1 or 3 babies as well.

UGG. I always have things typed out and hit the backspace button by accident and delete my comments, so if you got a half written one from me already, my apologies!

So that story deserves a WOW with all caps, truly amazing a 5k pushing 95 lbs?!?!?! HOLY CRAP. I feel like a fool for not going to the gym last night because I worked 2 days in a row at my full time gig then gap at night. My excuse was “I had stuff to do like laundry” meanwhile this women has triplets are not making excuses! And congrats to you making it to spin class! you motivated me to try to make it to a kick boxing class tomorrow on my vacation day! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this post!

Sara 🙂

That’s ridic! Good for Christine and you! I have no baby in sight and I struggle keeping my miles to 9 minutes each.
My best friend Jamie inspires me to work out. In the past two and a half years, she has lost about 100 pounds and looks and feels amazing now. Reminding myself of her persistence and dedication motivates me to keep trucking through the runs.

WOW! That is some serious dedication right there. I can imagine that pushing triplets on training runs makes her super fast without the stroller. What motivates me to get up and work out @ 6am is knowing if I don’t I miss out on dinner and quality time with my family after work.

Normally if I’m feeling unmotivated I read a few of my favourite blogs (yours, Hungry Runner Girl, Skinny Runner, Fitnessista), promptly feel like a slug for wanting to skip, then head to the gym or outside for a run. So thank you for motivating ME!

PS: When you see your friend Christine next, please give her a huge high five from me. And maybe a Wayne’s World-style “we’re not worthy” wave.

Congrats on finally making it to class!! I love spin so much and have been in the market for some spin shoes, but I’m really not even sure where to start! I get so overwhelmed looking at them all, plus I don’t recognize ANY brands, so I don’t know what to go with! Any recommendations? Thanks!

I’m going to share my “mommy-timesaver-get-it-done” way to get out the door in the morning.

Put a laundry hamper by the door the night before and throw everything you think you need into it.

Then you just need to carry the hamper to the car and aren’t stuck trying to remember everything. I started doing this when my twins were babies and we’d need to kill a day in the city. Now – everyone knows (even the 3 year olds) that if we need it the next day – it needs to be in the basket. Probably saves me about 15-20 minutes EVERY morning.

Like I said before in one of the comments I left on your blog: Moms and Dads, so people who have to take care of a family and still train for races, truely inspire me. When I have a hard time going to a training session, I just remember how many tasks they have to handle all at once, and that the only thing I need to take care of is myself. Then, not training sounds pretty stupid to me, so I’ll just go.

Holy crap! Christine is super inspiring!

That stroller is intense- I can’t imagine!! Good for you for managing to juggle everything and make it to that spin class this morning!!

A triplet stroller?! A 9-minutes mile with an extra 95 pounds? A mom of three who won a half marathon?!

OHMYGODIAMSOLAZY.

Well done, to both of you! I only have a job, grad school, and a husband, and you both are exercising laps around me. *applause*

Oh my god.

This is the no whining zone, in the best possible way. I can’t run a nine minute mile on my own. What inspiration. And the whole illusion that I don’t have enough time … right out the window.

oh my those little feet! you both are inspiring!!

Wow,
this is really an inspiration! And I am complaining about the cold, and it’s not even freezing!
Every morning I am struggling to get a workout before going to the lab. It makes me more awake, energized and my brain works better. But kicking myself out of the bed is a challenge. It deffinitelly helps if everything is ready in the evening, so I minimize my prep time. I try to have the clothes ready, lunch packed, breakfast half made, coffee machine loaded and workout list on the table. 30-45 min circuit workout in the living room is the best, since I don’t waste any time getting somewhere. I am awake, but not too exausted to work. 10 minute biking to the train station is always refreshing afterwards

I have found that exercising with friends keeps me motivated. We attend a 5:15 AM bootcamp in our neighborhood three times a week. On mornings when I am having a hard time dragging my butt out of bed, I remember that my accountability partners are there waiting on me! That is also the reason I sign up for races with friends.

I found that my mornings got less crazy when I instituted the “Mornings start the night before” routine. That would mean: setting out spin clothes, filling water bottle and sticking it in the fridge, setting spin shoes by the door, packing bag for gym, etc. all the night before. Saves a ton of time and removes all the “find XYZ” from the to do list.

and she looks absolutely amazing! definitely an inspiration. 🙂

btw – absolutely love your blog.

holy hell! I know you shared the triplet mom story as a source of motivation, but it totally makes me feel like a failure! I have twin 8-month-olds and I’ve been STRUGGLING to find time to run/go to gym/etc. Maybe I’ve been relying to heavily on the twin-thing as an excuse, but it really is very, very hard. Props to your neighbor – that is amazing!!! I need to stop being depressed by it and just use it as motivation for me, too!

I think it’s so important to be sure that we have others who are motivating for us but also not fall into the comparison trap. It’s a fine balance, I suppose.

Running with a triplet stroller is kinda interesting exercise with the babies. But NINTY FIVE POUNDS? Uff..I think that makes Christine so muscular and fit! Lovely post…Keep going Mommies 🙂