About Run Momma Run

Technically, I'm the CEO of Run Momma Run, but all of us running moms created it. Your passion feeds it and it feeds me. It's a place we can come together to celebrate and support each other - women who run, especially busy moms. Whether you put one foot in front of the other to get to the end of a marathon or the end of the day, we're cheering you on! ~Laura

The Business
When I'm not pounding the pavement (or the trail), running is what I like to talk about, read about, write about and otherwise surround myself with. So, I started a business that let's me do all of that.

RMR has 3 prongs: celebrate, support and serve.

Celebrate: It started with our exclusive Runner Momma 5-hook Marathon Medal Display Rack to sport your race medals. No medals (yet)? No worries! It's awesome for hats, jackets and other gear. Finish your first race? Check out our newest item, the Runner Momma Single Hook. We also have Runner Momma Picture Frames for that awesome finish-line smile, cutest-ever runner T-shirts, runner metal art and our Runner Momma Necklace. And that's just the beginning.

Support: Running buddies are a must. Connect and share with us on Facebook, Twitter and the RMR blog. And of course, come run with us! All paces and distances are welcome. Learn more about our running club in Eugene.

Serve: We foster mom-running-communities because we think exercise, good nutrition, being outdoors and taking care of yourself helps to build strong lives and strong families. We support Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth to help prevent childhood obesity in our community. We also have an RMR Aid Station Team that helps with local races.

About the Runner Momma Medal Rack

While chatting with some running mommas I discovered none of them had a nice place to hang their marathon medals. Some let their kids play with them, some were stuffed in a box, mine were hanging on a towel rack in the bathroom. What are we thinking? Racing, especially marathoning, is not an easy task. Finding time to train, running in the wee hours before kids get up, being sleep deprived, breast feeding, working, trying to fuel, tending to injuries, being partners, business owners, you name it, we're busy! In the midst of it all we rarely give ourselves a pat on the back, so I decided to create the Runner Momma Medal Rack. Show it, ladies! You're amazing.

About Me

The Running

I've been running regularly for about 10 years. The reasons are many; cardio fitness, mood enhancement, leg enhancement, waist enhancement. You get the picture. Running for fitness and mental well-being are high on the list. But mostly, I run because it gets me closer to myself; closer to my inner thoughts, my fears and my joy. It also helps me shut off that crazy-self-talker-chick who can't stop thinking about all the things she has to do everyday. When I'm running, I'm just running.

Distance running came into the picture in 2005. I wanted to do something challenging for my 40th birthday, so I decided to run the Newport, Oregon Marathon. I've run 4 others since, including a grueling trail marathon, a bunch of shorter races, half marathons and now trail running and racing. In July of 2010, I finished my first 50K, the Siskiyou Outback in Southern Oregon. The races are fun, but it's the training I really love. Hooking up with running buddies, doing the long runs, seeing how my body can get stronger with each increase in distance is what motivates me.

The Mom
I've got two amazing kids, Jack Woo, 6 and May Se-Jin, 4. They were both adopted from Korea when they were 4 months old. We have always told them we picked the best ones and we were right!

Oh, and let's not forget amazing hubby! Bill is a child and family therapist. He's funny, hot, well-read, a super-daddy and not afraid of teenagers, which is great, because I'm freaked out about those years to come.

Among other things (see resume below) I was owner of Dive In Designs, a website development company, for over ten years. It's taught me tons about business, marketing, social media and how to help companies be their best on the web. I just sold the business in 2010 to spend more time with the kiddos and expand Run Momma Run.

The Resume

Ice skater extraordinaire (age 14)
Gas station attendant (love short-term customers)
Air Force Staff Sergeant (8 years in the service, definitely a previous life)
Ski bum (in Europe and Oregon, over 100 days a year)
Retail Manager (they called me the up-sell queen)
Homebrewer (IPA. Period)
Woman in transition (BA in Comparative Literature, Women's Studies, U of O, Summa Cum Laude, Oregon Six)
Website developer and business owner (1999 to 2010)
Mom (18 to life - yahoo!)