Who is Mazy?
I’ve been running since my first Cross Country season in the Fall of sixth grade. Waaay back in the ’90s! My family was what we call Lower-Middle-Class and didn’t have a lot of change to spare. I was also not exactly known for sticking with anything, so my first running experiences were without any proper equipment. I ran in cut-off jean shorts and my school boots until I could prove to my parents that I was passionate about running enough for them to spend the money on running shoes. I was a crazy mess at my first meet; straggly hair, over-sized glasses, giant T-shirt. I ran my heart out in my heavy high top work boots, and I came in 5th. I was 3rd on my team behind two 8th graders and my dad was impressed enough to give me my first pair of Nikes. The following week I came in 2nd. By the time track season rolled around I was first in almost everything I ran.
I ran through college–two years on the team, two years for myself. I’ve had all different sorts of jobs from layout editor at a newspaper to a pastry chef at a coffee shop, building circuit boards to financial aid counceling. I had to run through all of those to even try to stay sane. I ran through my pregnancies (all FOUR of them!) and even raced a bit. I am a mom to three little runners and recently completed a surrogacy for another beautiful mama. I’m a stay-at-home-work-at-home mom who trains in her “spare” time. Oh, and I review all the glorious running gadgets and gear that comes my way.
Contact Mazy
Feel free to shoot me an email anytime, Mazy@WriteMe.com. Follow me on Twitter @maryalexz or on Instagram at @mazyruns — and of course leave some love in the comments! My personal training log is on Strava here.
Get out there & enjoy your run!
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