I’ll never forget the first time I raced in compression socks. It was the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2013 and I had chosen a pair of lime green CEP Compression socks. I hadn’t done much research on the benefits of compression gear although I am a big believer in it for recovery now. I… Read More…
Goal Setting for November
Well hello friends. I hope you are well rested and ready to tackle the week with the extra hour you had this weekend. I spent some time checking out a new restaurant in Kitchener called Pure. I had the Chic P Zen bowl with Angela and Nina. Sunday, I headed to Hamilton to cheer… Read More…
Mexico and STWM: On Balance
Well, this was certainly a different marathon. For starters, I hopped off a plane and headed to straight to Toronto to get my cheer on for the thousands of people who ran the SWTM yesterday, meaning I left all this behind: Angela and I headed down the night before and stayed with a friend. Early… Read More…
Final Week Before the Marathon
It’s my last marathon feature before Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon and I hope you all are deep in taper crazies. I wanted to speak a little to the last week before the marathon. I did a feature on the final week in August, but I wanted to explore a little bit of the psychological side and… Read More…
Goals for October
Well. It is incredible how much one month can change the focus on your goals! I am headed into a bit of a different October than I anticipated, but I wanted to set some goals for the month and see how I did on my goals in September. 1. Take up martial arts. B I… Read More…
Chase the Coyote and Rumble
Thank you all so much for your support on Monday’s post. It has not been fun being injured, but I have tried to make the most of it and have been working hard at perfecting my swim stroke! I wanted to talk about last weekend for a second. It was the first race that I… Read More…
If we were having coffee: Laces and Lattes style
Ok. It’s time to interrupt regular posting to have a very frank chat. The blog feature of “if we were having coffee”? We are doing that right now. Except it would be a latte for me. I have a confession. I am not running right now. At all. It’s not that I don’t want to…. Read More…
