Laces and Lattes

Injury Prevention and Weekend Training

Welcome back to another week! Ontario has been hit by a wave of amazing weather. Seriously. I was training and racing in bare hands this weekend and it was amazing. Saturday I headed out for a morning run on the trails with these amazing people.   It was a lot of fun to discover new-to-me… Read More…

Protein Pumpkin Squares and Getting Ready to RAID

Yeah baby – it’s FRIDAY! I am so excited for this weekend. The RAID is one of my favourite local adventure races which I am racing on Sunday. I am headed down to Hamilton to visit some of some of my favourite people the day before. So just a weekend of favourites really… You may have… Read More…

Goals for November 2015

It is November which means it’s time to attack some goals. I ended up not setting any new goals for October because I was focusing on rest and recovery, but let’s review some of the month highlights, shall we? Did my first 24 hour adventure race and finished 2nd Coed Team Went to Ohio for… Read More…

Race Report: Gatineau Half Marathon

This past weekend, I headed to Gatineau to run the MEC half marathon and to have a biomechanics appointment with one of my friends, Annie Jean, who I met at the Transrockies 120 miler in Colorado this summer. She noticed my pronation issues within 10 minutes of meeting me and as she is not only an… Read More…

Recipe: Peanut Butter Protein Truffles

I have become a mad woman when it comes creating protein based food and I don’t hate it. Especially on weeks like this past one when I stumble across probably the most delicious recipe known to humankind. I was standing in my kitchen trying to figure out what to make for this weekend because I… Read More…

The Importance of Taking an Off Season

Happy Monday! I had an awesome weekend full of lots of adventures which is exactly the way every weekend should be. I hit up some local (and well named) trails with a KW ultra running group for some morning miles on Saturday. On Sunday, I spent some time filming for some upcoming segments on FitFriday… Read More…

6 Steps to Treating IT Band Syndrome

Happy Friday, folks! Well, race photos are in and they are fabulous… I posted the classiest one on instagram this week. So proud. When you are pacing a friend for a marathon and – in a flash of fiscal awareness – you stuff a wad of free sports gels down your shirt for safe keeping,… Read More…

Fuelling with Protein for Endurance Events

Hey there! Fall is in full swing and this is always the busiest time of year for me at work. It is such a good thing that I decided to take an early off season or I would never see anyone ever. This past weekend, I headed to Toronto to pace the incredible Athletarian on… Read More…

Wilderness Traverse Race Report

It’s been 2 weeks since I headed up to Parry Sound for my final 24 hour event of the year and I figure it is high time to do a race report. Wilderness Traverse was held October 3-4 in North Muskoka District Ontario, Canada. As usual, I was racing with the boys of Team Ripkin. Wilderness Traverse is… Read More…

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