Happy Monday, errrbody! I had a weekend jam packed full of events and people and physical activity. I did a long run and nailed some of the paces I am hoping to hit in my upcoming Mississauga half marathon I went on a 4.5 hour long ride and brick run I cleaned my apartment from… Read More…
Goals for November
October was such a fantastic month. I did my last big trip of the year. I did some travel for work. I ran the La Cloche Silhouette trail with friends. I also set some big goals. Up that strength training. My hamstring started to present with some weird symptoms at the attachment at my knee. I… Read More…
Coming To Terms With The Gender Divide
When I first started adventure racing, I made three simple rules to follow during a race to prove I was strong enough to belong racing alongside my male counterparts: 1. I will not complain 2. I will not cry 3. I will not quit And so far, I have only kept one of them because… Read More…
The Adventure Begins…
I heard somewhere recently that the truest meaning of adventure is when nothing goes right. When you have carefully made plans and in a moment, they all go up in smoke. That is my RIG team mate, Brad. He was on the way to our adventure racing camp this past weekend and his car was completely burned, which contained… Read More…
Polar Performance Report: July 2016
SPORTS TRACKED: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Strength, Mountain biking RUN STATS: 182 KM Run Elevation: 1,864 M Run Hours: 14.5 Rest Days: 5 Longest Run: 21 km on Muskoka half marathon Shortest Run: 2.2 KM TT with Health and Performance Most enjoyable training run: I had a lot of really fun training runs this past month. I think maybe the best one was the… Read More…
Goals for July 2016
Good morning and welcome to JULY! I had an awesome weekend in Kingston, doing a bit of exploring and a lot of tapering for the IRONMAN 70.3 NEXT WEEKEND! I can hardly believe we are this far into the summer already, but it just means that it is time to take a look at some… Read More…
Why I Adventure Race
I have been getting a few emails about adventure racing lately asking why, how and what the heck I am doing. Since I just wrapped up my biggest one to date, venturing into the world of expedition length events, I thought it would be a good time to talk a little bit about why I… Read More…
Weekend in Pictures
Hi friendly faces. This week is going to be CRAZY! Work has a huge event this weekend and I have a number of big events and galas strung together as well. Combined with the need to keep everything running smoothly AND the fact I just a training load increase from my coach, I will be… Read More…
Race Report: Symons Snowshoe Race
Well this week FLEW. It is hard to believe we are at the weekend again. I have a couple dinner parties and my first road race of 2016 this weekend so it is bound to be another awesome one. I figured before I did another race, I should do a recap on my last one…. Read More…
My Favourite Crossing Training Exercises and a Race Announcement
It’s that frantic moment in the week where we all realize we are half way through. Let’s not capitalize on that. What I do want to talk about is cross training because I don’t think we discuss it enough unless we are injured. I think most people can agree that I was perhaps one of… Read More…
