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…
Muskoka Training Weekend and 72 HR Adventure Race Prep
We are on a solid one post a week average, folks! Sadly, the trend will not break this week, but I did want to dip in and share some of the things I am learning in my training lately. This past weekend was a holiday weekend for Canadians so Mark and I headed to… Read More…
Runners Not Running: The Off Season
Here’s a fun fact for you – taking an off-season is vital enough that if you don’t take one every once and a while, you will be forced to. Trust me on this one, I am in the last camp. There are some people who can recover from race seasons faster than others, but something… Read More…
6 Ways to Stay Injury-Free In Marathon Training
Welcome to FRIDAY! I am really excited for this weekend. I am competing at the Lululemon Track & Roll and spending some time with Toronto friends as well as putting in another solid long run, this time WITHOUT chocolate pudding! This week has been my highest mileage week before the marathon and I am HURTING…. Read More…
Book Review – Health Food Junkies by Steven Bratman
Alright friends, we are finally back to regular blogging schedule! On Wednesday, I try and touch on something nutrition related and this week, we are chatting about my book review for March. For those of you who are new readers, one of my goals for 2014 is to read a book relating to the blog… 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…
Dealing with Hunger after a Long Run
It seems to defy all science, but most runners who complete a long distance run or complete an endurance race such as a marathon are not hungry after the run. There was a particularly bad scenario in 2010, when I raced a 30 KM in Toronto. I finished, checked my time and curled into the car… Read More…
Putting the Quest Nutrition Bar to the Test
The one downside about having a commute for work is that I am in my car a lot of the time. Inevitably, I am driving to see friends, going to late work events or teaching a class and I didn’t prepare enough food. I have tried quite a few things from just buying it as… Read More…
CEP Compression Winner and an Off-Season Begins!
This past weekend, I completed my final race of the season. I have never said that sentence with absolute certainty before, but after a year of solid training, racing and physical gains, I know it is time to take a rest before tackling another huge year or racing. 2014 is the biggest athletic year for… Read More…
Protein Pancakes
I really don’t know how protein has done it but it has somehow remained the only unsullied macronutrient on the market. Fat was kiboshed decades ago and the rise of the Atkins diet has left carbs as the enemy. Protein is the invisible middle child of sorts that has escaped the crosshairs of nutritional skeptics… Read More…
