Kara Douglass Thom writes about health, fitness, pregnancy and parenting for various publications. She is the co-author of Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom (Andrews McMeel 2011) and blogs about finding fitness in the chaos of motherhood at Mama Sweat. Her first children’s book, See Mom Run (Breakaway Books 2003), is for parents who run and have children who want to run along with them. She also penned Becoming an Ironman: First Encounters with the Ultimate Endurance Event (Breakaway Books 2001), a collection of short stories about triathletes who competed in the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run.