So we have already established that I am not the greatest baker in the world. However, I am a big believer in making your weaknesses into your strengths, so last week saw me in the kitchen before most people had woken up, whipping up a batch of cupcakes. The thing is, these were not just… Read More…
Competition in Trail Running
Top of the morning to you! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and are ready for your last full week of work before the holidays. This weekend, I said goodbye to the snow and headed to sunny Arizona to hike some trails, visit some friends and trek the Canyon with my dad. Today… Read More…
Holiday Gift Guide for Runners
Hi there! We have reached the end of another week and now it is fast tracking to Christmas! If you have neglected your Christmas shopping up to this point, relax, I totally have you covered. Buying for an athletic type on your list when you have no concept of the sport doesn’t have to be… Read More…
Holiday Eating and the Runner
Ok. It is a cruel joke that Christmas holidays fall just around the average runner’s off season. We cut our activity to approximately a third and people are shoving christmas goodies in our faces. (Ok, I am grabbing the cake and running. But still). Here’s a reality check – if you are racing seriously in… Read More…
12 Days for Good
Today marks the beginning of a special project that I am undertaking with the House of Friendship in Kitchener-Waterloo called the Twelve Days for Good. Alongside 11 other “do-gooders” in the KW community, I have committed to putting aside the hustle and bustle of the season and focus on the needs of my neighbours. The… Read More…
Vionic Shoe Event or (I Found the Shoe that Fits)
This past week, my sister and I hopped in the car and headed to Toronto for the launch party of Vionic Shoes 2014 line. It was partly me wanting to spend some one on one time with her and the other piece was to see if I could solve one of my most burning issues… Read More…
Attention to Detail and Maple Short Bread
Let’s talk personality types for a moment. I am the type of person that likes to get things DONE – almost to a fault. I don’t like strategy, I don’t like precision, I like blasting through brick walls because I get there (wherever there is) faster! Which is better, .. right? Almost every job interview… Read More…
December Goals – And I How Did in November
Good morning, everyone! I hope the weekend treated you well. I had a lovely, relaxing weekend with family, friends, church and a lot of stroking things off my to-do list which is GOOD because on Friday night, I went out to eat with a close friend and ended up with a nasty case of food-borne… Read More…
Planning your 2014 Race Schedule
Remember the good old days when you cracked open your course selection outline and dreamed of all the learning that you were about to do the following year in university? (What? I have been graduated a year, it is totally the good old days!!) There was unlimited opportunity as you carefully selected the perfect courses…. Read More…
An Ode to Fat
It’s time to have a little chat about something that the average runner does not like to think about during their off-season and is fled from by most in general. Fat. Fat has gotten a terrible rap historically. Even worse that the knocking that carbs have gotten over the last couple of years. I am… Read More…
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