Melanie Amorim aka Mommy Doodles
As a new mom, you’ll no doubt hear a lot of rhetoric about how rewarding motherhood is. And while there are certainly moments of abounding joy related to the miracle of childbirth and the act of raising a person from infancy to adulthood, you’ll also find that the learning curve on childcare is pretty steep. [...]
If you are like many people, you probably suffer from minor pains and aches due to aging and other small health issues. You probably try mild over-the-counter pain relievers to prevent the aches and pains from interrupting your day. What if there was a way to help relieve some of the symptoms of pain without [...]
A week removed from my first 5k of 2013 I am wishing I was back on the beach! Although it was a very frigid, windy morning on a Rhode Island beach i truly enjoy this run. It’s one of the smaller races with only 130 runners. Having (sortof) planned out how long I would be [...]
The was my second Butterfly 5k. It is a great event to benefit an amazing charity and local town park/zoo. There is something about running through the neighborhood I was born and raised in that makes it that much more special to me. The run starts at the entrance of the park and it’s a [...]
Yesterday, my girlfriend and I took home first place in the Hockomock YMCA Triathlon at Lake Pearl, Wrentham, MA. We placed first in our division of a 2-person relay team and also first place female relay team. It was our first triathlon experience. I did the swimming and running and she did the biking. It [...]
This run was this past Wednesday night at 6:30 pm. It was a challenging trail run I was not quite ready for but glad I did it. I finished the 3.11 mi run with a pace of 11’04″/mi with Nike+ Running. http://t.co/Ipiuqm15 < You can view it here, love this app
This past Sundays 5k was a flat road race… I ran it non-stop, which was my only goal for the day. I got a 9:53 first mile and sprinted the last 1/10 to finish in 32:00 – it was not a chip timed run, so I’d like to think I was a few second shy [...]
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 After about two months since my last 5k, this Rhody 5k at Twin River seemed very similar to last year. It is my 4th run of the year, same as last year… although it was my fourth ever, this year it was my 14th ever. It seemed as if there were far [...]
It can be hard enough to force yourself to eat right and exercise most of the time, but when it comes to seeing to the health of your family, the task can become even more difficult. As a parent, the onus is on you to do everything you can to ensure that your kids get [...]
A year ago, 2.24.11, my marathon running girlfriend asked me if I wanted to run a 5k. I said “Yes!” She knew I was on my way to getting healthier and had been walking for a few months and just began running on the treadmill about a month prior. I was never a runner, I [...]
