Hi hi friends. How about a midweek Christmas shopping reminder? I have been pretty great with getting mine done but I have a few finishing touches to pull together. If you are anything like me, the hardest thing in the world is knowing what to GET people on your list. There are a ton of… Read More…
December Coffee Date
Well good morning! We have blazed through the first week of December and it is high time for another edition of Friday Things. I know a lot of you read my blog for running talk but I have had requests for a little bit more lifestyle content so I have decided to do a monthly… 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…
New Balance Fresh Foam 980 Trail Review – Over 500 KM later…
I am not an overly sentimental person. In fact, I was an alarming child for my parents because I never had a special teddy bear or blanket that I needed for comfort. This lack of sentiment arises as I am preparing to move for the fourth and final time this year and have no problem… Read More…
Headed out to the Mountains, Leaving with a Giveaway!
Right now, my living room looks a bit like this: I am collecting everything I need to get ready to GO! I am working off of a long list of requirements for the race. It is my first stage race, I did a stage expedition in 2013, but this is the first time that I… Read More…
Friday Things: June Edition
Well, that week is a WRAP. It feels like a week of appointments for me and I am taking today off to head to Pennsylvania for the Laurel Highlands Ultra! It feels like there are even more things getting thrown at me during the summer and to remedy this, I thought I would do another… Read More…
Momentum Monday: Adding Soccer and Hot Yoga into Training
Well hello lovelies. What a great weekend it was. I spent some time on a patio with friends, a few hours at a New Balance event, a couple hours suffering through a long run in the heat, a few more hours barreling through the local hills on my bike and Sunday afternoon celebrating my mum. MANY… Read More…
Friday Things – March Edition
This week has felt a little bit like a stream of consciousness, so we are going to stay on that track with some Friday randomness or a little something I like to call Friday Things. 1. It has been a heckuva week. You can read about it here where I shared my life in a very… Read More…
What I’m Loving More Than the Cold
Greetings from the corner of the world that thinks it’s winter. Almost overnight, I have gone from wearing tank tops to shivering in a coat. I have moved my training indoors due to thunderstorms this week and I am itching to get back outside! Instead of dwelling on the summer that was too short, I… Read More…
ENDURrun Marathon Race Report
There is nothing I love more than spontaneous trips, so I am excited to be packed up and headed to Quebec this weekend to run the Impossible 2 Possible event in Gatineau with some of my fellow 5 Peaks ambassadors and friends! (Especially since everyone I know is headed to Vancouver to make me jealous!)… Read More…