I am at the point of triathlon training where the long rides aren’t even that long. Maybe 2 hours max. But I still am not loving it. Give me a warm summer day and an open road and a 6 hour long ride and I am in heaven. But tell me that my long ride… Read More…
Don’t Forget to Play
This is really embarrassing to admit, but as the eldest child in my family, I would play with my younger siblings into my teenage years. Like – games that required an overactive imagination. And I liked it. I have always loved to play and dreaded the day that I needed to grow up and give… 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…
Goals for June 2016
I don’t know about you guys, but I am having an amazing 2016. I have gotten comments about how I am blogging less these days and although I do apologize, I am just in a stage of my life where I need to prioritize my health and budget my time. With my current work and… Read More…
May Coffee Date
How is your May going, friends? A glimpse of how my May is going is that I normally have this post go live in the first week of the month. But it just means that so many things are happening. Let’s chat. What I am Reading These Days Still How Bad Do You Want It? This has… 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…
Polar Performance Report: February 2016
FEBRUARY TRAINING SPORTS TRACKED: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Strength, RUN STATS: 224.2 KM Run Elevation: 989 M Run Hours: 20 Rest Days: 4 Longest Run: 20.4 KM Shortest Run: 8.5 KM Most enjoyable training run: T-shirt track session at Lansdowne track at the beginning of February New/interesting places I ran: Peterborough, ON | Treadmill in a NYC hotel Workouts: 8 X 1 KM repeats with… Read More…
Healthy Heart Challenge
It’s FRIDAYYYY! I have such an awesome weekend planned. Tonight, some of my best friends and I have a date to go see this: I am also attending a New Balance run with Black Toe Running in Toronto to celebrate the launch of the amazing 1080! I have tested them out on some runs this… 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…
February 2016 Goals and Love Grown Giveaway Winner Announced
Hey there, friendly faces! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I spent the weekend doing a solid mixture of work and play. I have come down with a nasty cold so I am drinking a ton of Greens +. Other than that, this weekend, I went XC skiing and trail running at Rockwood Conservation… Read More…
