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2021 Another Year of Building
I started this blog in 2005 technically, but I’ve been posting at least 3 times a week since 2007! While now 95% of what I share is educational, once a…
The Year That Almost Wasn’t
One of the few times each year I write a post without worrying about SEO is my year in recap. Why? Because it’s FASCINATING to have these since 2007 to…
Run To The Finish Book Tour and Podcasts
That’s right friends this show is going on the road!!!! The Run To The Finish Book Tour is taking shape and I can’t wait to meet so many more of…
The Year I Wrote My First Book
Funny story. Around October I started thing gahh everyone must be so tired of me posting exciting news all year. Finished my book, ran a bunch of post surgery PR’s,…
Celebratory Road Trip: Sedona, Grand Canyon to Vegas
Of all the things that have changed since we met 16 years ago, our location might be the biggest…but right after that I tend to say is technology. Looking back…
About Amanda Brooks
RunToTheFinish is a place to provide motivation to myself and others in this crazy journey of living healthy. I fully believe that running has allowed me to learn more about…
A Year of Running After Knee Surgery
Whhheeeewwwww this year packed quite the punch, as I had the opportunity to remember exactly what it feels like to be a beginner all over again! I had a choice…
We Got Married in a Parking Garage and Other Bizarre Marriage Facts
Did I just say parking garage?? If you’re one of the 2 people who haven’t heard this story yet, welcome. Come in. Pull up a chair. Grab a drink, you’re…
The Best Worst Year: The Injury Episode
“Nothing seems to go right for me, what am I doing wrong?!” I sobbed these nonsensical words as we hiked passed towering cacti under the Phoenix sun in February. The…
The Funeral Black Dress
This morning instead of finishing my long run wrapped in the warmth of an epsom salt bath, I’m pulling on my funeral black dress. Every girl should have a LBD…
Finally, Our BIG News
It’s a big day around the Brooks-McLatchie household, not only are we celebrating David’s birthday with a few more gray hairs, but as this post goes live we are being…
Menopause by 30 – It’s not slowing me down
Menopause. Oye, that word…it just feels OLD. Like something my mother and her friends should talk about while knitting {ok she doesn’t knit}. Not me. Not at 32. I admit…
