I think it all became clear the moment that I was given my own playroom. I had a beautiful wooden toy-box, full of brightly coloured, plastic things that lit up, spun and made noises. According to my parents, I marched over and promptly unloaded every single piece onto the ground and proceeded to fill it… Read More…
Michael Fisk Memorial Arrhythmia Run
When I was very young, my mom’s brother passed away from an unknown heart condition in his early thirties on a Valentine’s Day evening. Every February 14, my mom will buy a bouquet of flowers for James, call her mother and our family will spend a few moments talking about this man that I will… Read More…
Races in 2013
It’s the [almost] weekend!!! I am planning to teach a few classes, go to the Total Women’s Show in Waterloo and meet up with some friends for dinner so a busy weekend per usual. Back to fitness. Recently, I sat down to one of my favourite tasks of the year – plotting out my race… Read More…
Aka My Happy Place
Last night was a revolutionary one for Jesse. We were finishing up his birthday dinner and he mentioned he had gotten a few texts re: his birthday post. I hauled out my laptop and let him read what I wrote. At first, he was touched. He quickly moved on to…”Wait…how much do you write about me… Read More…
Around the Bay Race Recap
Hello friends! I am surfacing from my essays, tests and projects to talk a bit about the race last weekend. My friend Leanne and I went down to Hamilton to the expo the day before the race to pick up our race packs and crash at Emma’s house for the night. To refrain from going… Read More…
Exactly what they tell you not to do.
I am busily packing for Around the Bay. This afternoon, Leanne, my long distance running partner in crime and I are headed to the race expo and to my good friend’s house who is letting us crash at her house so we don’t need to drive back for the race in the wee hours of the… Read More…
Paris Half Marathon
Life has settled back into some semblance of normal and I received all my pictures and stats so let’s talk about marathons! Last weekend, I was in Paris and found time in between socializing and winning dance competitions to run a half marathon. Other than needing to rely on my French friends to get… Read More…
Semi Marathon de Paris 2011
All I can say is that I HURT. Because of all the people (don’t be fooled with the empty road space while they are filming the Kenyan superstars….) , I had a much slower time than I was hoping for but I still ran a sub-2 hr marathon which qualifies me for the RAID. Tired… Read More…
As promised…The Marathon Recap
So I promised I would give you all a recap of the race. And as I sit down to write a report on how food determined the social roles in Renaissance England, suddenly I received an unsuppressable urge to tell everyone in the blogosphere how my race went. So here we go. I left you… Read More…
Race Recap pending..
So apparently running a 50 K race is not idea with a torn ligament. I will be back with a full recap, but I will leave you with this: It’s blurry but it is a perfect representation of the sadism of the race. Me at the finish line with my family. It was emotional as… Read More…
