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Long Weekend Bike Adventure

Sep9

Long Weekend Bike Adventure

Well, I am currently at a race for the next four days in Carleton-Sur-Mur, QC. and we had an awesome evening on Wednesday night with opening ceremonies – meeting teams from all over the world. Follow along with my Instagram this weekend for updates on the race! Before I complete this adventure, I thought I would share a bit… Read More…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, TrainingTagged With: bike tour, Collingwood, cycling, Hammer Nutrition, Jessica Kuepfer, Mark Cullen, Nuun Hydration, Tiverton, WaterlooSeptember 9, 2016

Goals for September 2016

Sep2

Goals for September 2016

Happy weekend, everyone! This will be my last post for a while so I will try to make it a good one! I’m headed out on a long weekend road bike trip and on Tuesday, I am headed to Carleton-sur-Mer to race Raid Internationale Gaspesie. Watch the video to see what I am doing. I am SO FREAKING… Read More…

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: adventure race, half marathon, Jessica Kuepfer, Ragnar Adirondacks, Raid in Gaspesie, RIG, SeaWheeze, Toronto Blue Jays, VancouverSeptember 2, 2016

The Adventure Begins…

Aug31

The Adventure Begins…

I heard somewhere recently that the truest meaning of adventure is when nothing goes right. When you have carefully made plans and in a moment, they all go up in smoke. That is my RIG team mate, Brad. He was on the way to our adventure racing camp this past weekend and his car was completely burned, which contained… Read More…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Races, TrainingTagged With: adventure racing, Explore the Backcountry, Jessica Kuepfer, Mud Hero, Team Ripkin, trainingAugust 31, 2016

August Coffee Date

Aug22

August Coffee Date

Happy Monday friends! I had the best weekend! It looked a little like this: I started my Saturday morning at Dundas Valley 5 Peaks trail race with tiger pace duties. Me and a few other volunteers led the kids in a 1 KM and 3 KM race. Some of those kids are smoking fast! Because… Read More…

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Filed Under: Favourites, LifestyleTagged With: August, coffee date, essie, Jessica KuepferAugust 22, 2016

Three Easy Ways to Build Community When You Are Time Starved

Aug15

Three Easy Ways to Build Community When You Are Time Starved

Recently, I was listening to a podcast interview with Ryan Holiday and he was explaining that to master something, you need to have someone mentoring and coaching you, an equal peer to push you and someone you are inspiring or supporting. I truly believe this and although I have incredible mentors and amazing peers, I… Read More…

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: Community, egg farmers of ontarioAugust 15, 2016

Algonquin Camping Trip

Jul27

Algonquin Camping Trip

Sometimes I feel like the luckiest girl in the entire world. I mean, I am in a stage of my life where I can have two of my friends call me up and ask me to escape to the wilderness for a weekend. And I can. For me, it is important to determine the root… Read More…

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: campingJuly 27, 2016

Healthy Camping Snacks and Two of My Heroes

Jul22

Healthy Camping Snacks and Two of My Heroes

Can someone put a stop to the speed that this perfect summer is disappearing? I was paddling this week with Kyle, one of my adventure racing training partners, and he was talking about how quickly the summer was disappearing. I responded that it was true, but the fact that our average Wednesday night is spent in a… Read More…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Sports NutritionTagged With: camping, Genuine Health, heroes, larabar, Love Grown Foods, nutritionJuly 22, 2016

July Coffee Date

Jul15

July Coffee Date

I am totally getting my blog momentum back which is a good sign that things are stabilising a bit for me.  May and June were dedicated to training volume required for my half Ironman and now that it is over, I have a little bit more time to breathe and do summer things like sit… Read More…

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: coffee dateJuly 15, 2016

Goals for July 2016

Jul4

Goals for July 2016

Good morning and welcome to JULY! I had an awesome weekend in Kingston, doing a bit of exploring and a lot of tapering for the IRONMAN 70.3 NEXT WEEKEND! I can hardly believe we are this far into the summer already, but it just means that it is time to take a look at some… Read More…

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: adventure racing, goal setting, Hammer Nutrition, IRONMAN 70.3, Jessica Kuepfer, TriathlonJuly 4, 2016

June Coffee Date

Jul1

June Coffee Date

Hey friends. June has disappeared. But it has been an incredible one. I feel like there is so much to get caught up on! Let’s sit down and have a virtual coffee, shall we? This is a blog feature where I talk about everything not related to running and give a little glimpse on what… Read More…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, UncategorizedJuly 1, 2016

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