Midwest Mother Runner

Midwest Mother Runner 👟 Chasing balance after 26.2 x 10 | 50k | 50 mi
🦋 Autoimmune warrior on a health journey
📍 DMV→BOS→CBUS

Loving life again ✨💫⚡️
03/26/2026

Loving life again ✨💫⚡️

Spring showed off this weekend and we made the most of it ☀️🌿  Saturday I logged a 5K with my OG, dear running friend, a...
03/24/2026

Spring showed off this weekend and we made the most of it ☀️🌿 
 
Saturday I logged a 5K with my OG, dear running friend, alternating half-mile walk/run intervals. Lily tagged along and, of course, earned herself a pup cup for being the goodest girl. 
 
Sunday morning we took it slow before heading out for a 3-mile walk. My heart was so happy when Evie said she wanted to come 🥹💖 She’s been exhausted (and rightfully so) with all the cheer lately. After a quick Starbucks stop for pink drinks and another pup cup for Lily, we took a spontaneous detour through the woods so we could walk by the stream. Between the sounds of the rustling leaves + trickling stream, combined with the sun beaming through the trees, it was pure bliss. 
 
After we got back, E “helped” me with some yard work. Too bad our hard work didn’t last long because just a few hours later, just as we were heading upstairs for bed, the skies opened and we were hit with one of the craziest storms we have ever witnessed, dropping golf-ball sized hail. 
 
As for my hips... I’m just shy of 11 months post-op on my first (LTHR) and nearly 4 months to the day on the second (RTHR). Recovery is going really well. Both hips feel strong and pain-free and my right knee has finally stopped giving me grief. I’ve noticed some tenderness in my hip joints after workouts, but it doesn’t last long or impact anything I’m doing.  
 
Things don’t feel “normal” like they used to, and maybe they never will, but they do feel better and honestly, I’m okay with that. Right now I’m focused on adjusting to this new normal, learning to trust my body again, and slowly pushing into new limits. 
 

After 20+ years, I went back to my roots 🍂🐻🤎🌰 Thank you .barjoy for making it happen!
03/06/2026

After 20+ years, I went back to my roots 🍂🐻🤎🌰

Thank you .barjoy for making it happen!

Yesterday I made it into the studio for my first class back at — 14 weeks post-op, which is 6 weeks sooner than I retur...
02/28/2026

Yesterday I made it into the studio for my first class back at — 14 weeks post-op, which is 6 weeks sooner than I returned after my first surgery. 
 
Thursday night I opened the app and saw there was only one spot left in class and it happened to be my go-to deck, which felt like a sign that it was time. 
 
A comeback is always humbling, especially after an injury, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous standing beside my deck waiting for class to start. I felt equally grateful to be there, but also overwhelmed and unsure of what my body could handle. Sure, I’ve been consistently working out in the basement and logging walking miles for weeks, but group HIIT classes are a completely different beast. 
 
This season has continuously reminded me that recovery isn’t linear, strength doesn’t disappear overnight, and progress is often happening long before I can see it. Yesterday’s workout challenged me in all the right ways. Today I’m sore, but not in any pain, and that feels like a huge win 👏✨ And I’ve already signed up for classes next week because I don’t want this momentum to fizzle! 
 

The sun was shining, the temperature got above 50*, & the sun won’t set before 6pm again until November 🙏 2.5 mile walk ...
02/10/2026

The sun was shining, the temperature got above 50*, & the sun won’t set before 6pm again until November 🙏 2.5 mile walk with the dog before dinner was exactly what I needed to shake off the winter blues, even if it’s only temporarily. 
 

We’ve got a fun little weekend on deck, but first, a 4:45am alarm to squeeze in a workout, which means early bedtime ton...
02/07/2026

We’ve got a fun little weekend on deck, but first, a 4:45am alarm to squeeze in a workout, which means early bedtime tonight 💤 
 
The past few weeks, I’ve been showing up consistently — walking, lifting, moving my body with intention — and the difference is undeniable. My digestion feels steadier. My mood feels calmer. My sleep feels deeper. I feel more… me.
 
Some days it’s a mile walk before a strength session. Other days it’s 3–4 miles at an easy, steady pace. Nothing fancy. Nothing extreme. Just movement that meets me where I am. 
 
And honestly? The old me — pre-surgery, pre-perspective shift — would be absolutely shook. She believed fitness had to be intense to count. Faster was better. Longer was better. If I wasn’t drenched in sweat, gasping for air, or sore the next day, I convinced myself I hadn’t done “enough.”
 
Looking back… oof. How unhealthy. How untrue. How unbalanced.
 
One of the greatest lessons this past year (and then some) has taught me is this: your fitness routine does not have to break you to change you. It doesn’t need to tear you down, beat you up, or leave you exhausted to be effective. 
 
Gentle can be powerful. Consistent can still be transformative. And honoring your body, that is the strongest move of all 💛 
 

✨ This season means more than miles ✨   2026 is my comeback year. Not the flashy kind, the real kind. Not trying to beco...
01/16/2026

✨ This season means more than miles ✨  
 
2026 is my comeback year. Not the flashy kind, the real kind. Not trying to become what I was once was — she’s gone — rather, learning to navigate my new normal.
 
After undergoing two total hip replacements within 6 months of each other last year, I’m lacing up this year with two new titanium hips and a whole lot of gratitude. 
 
This season isn’t about chasing times, PRs, or proving anything, it’s about progress. 
 
It’s about learning to trust my body again, which last year proved is easier said than done. 
 
And it’s about celebrating the fact that I get to toe start lines again, something that I desperately missed over the past 15 months 🫶  
 
Scroll ⏮️ to see which events I’ll be lining up at over the next 6 months!  
 
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Days like these are worth more than gold 💛  Throwback to our weekend in Cleveland. Couldn’t have asked for a more beauti...
10/14/2025

Days like these are worth more than gold 💛 
 
Throwback to our weekend in Cleveland. Couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful September night to celebrate the new Mr. & Mrs. Flowers! 
 

Met with my orthopedic surgeon yesterday for my right hip, the other hip 🦿MRI is scheduled for next Tuesday. He thinks I...
10/07/2025

Met with my orthopedic surgeon yesterday for my right hip, the other hip 🦿MRI is scheduled for next Tuesday. He thinks I have something similar going on in my right hip as I did in my left, but it’s on a more mild scale right now.  
 
I have mixed emotions about it all, but unlike the first go around, I’m not scared. I knew there was a chance of this happening and as they say, this ain’t my first rodeo 🙂🙃 I’m of the mindset right now that this is my ‘healing era’ and if there’s more to be ‘fixed’ I’d rather have it done now and close this chapter for good.  
 

Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power 🪫🔋💖    
10/05/2025

Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power 🪫🔋💖 
 
  

Morning rundate 🌼   It’s been months since we’ve logged a Saturday morning run together because of his shoulder surgery,...
10/04/2025

Morning rundate 🌼  
 
It’s been months since we’ve logged a Saturday morning run together because of his shoulder surgery, then my hip surgery and up until 10 minutes before we left I wasn’t sure that I’d actually go, I kept saying “yeah, maybe” because I’m still very much working through the mental part of post-op recovery and trusting my body, but I’m so glad I did. It was the release that I needed after a long week.  
 

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