Well, I think this is my last race of 2016? I can never be sure. At this point, I am folding in some fun events to keep my training base and not take anything all that seriously. But I have done Raid the Hammer for the past two years and it has become one of… Read More…
AR World Championships, A Weekend Fun Race and Polar Giveaway!
Happy Remembrance Day to my Canadian friends and Happy Friday to everyone. Right now, it is the AR world championships in Australia and I am having so much fun tracking some of the athletes I have raced alongside over the years. There are so many amazing teams there and it is incredible to watch. If… Read More…
What I Am Wearing Wednesday
Happy Wednesday! In the spirit of November being a little blah and the fact that I am in my off season at the moment, there are less training posts and race recaps round these parts. I decided to have a little fun with it and when I received a few follow up emails with questions… Read More…
Polar Performance Report – October 2016
October was a weird month, training-wise. I know I have lost top end fitness because I have not done speed work since August. This is always frustrating to me to let go of hard earned fitness, but the good news is, if you keep a solid fitness base, you can snap it right back up… Read More…
Race Report: RAID THE HAMMER 2015
We are halfway through the week and halfway through November and I am completely at the end of my racing season for 2015. I am beyond excited because I have always had it stopped for me due to injury. This is the first time that I have made a concerted decision to stop, take R&R… Read More…
Injury Prevention and Weekend Training
Welcome back to another week! Ontario has been hit by a wave of amazing weather. Seriously. I was training and racing in bare hands this weekend and it was amazing. Saturday I headed out for a morning run on the trails with these amazing people. It was a lot of fun to discover new-to-me… Read More…
Protein Pumpkin Squares and Getting Ready to RAID
Yeah baby – it’s FRIDAY! I am so excited for this weekend. The RAID is one of my favourite local adventure races which I am racing on Sunday. I am headed down to Hamilton to visit some of some of my favourite people the day before. So just a weekend of favourites really… You may have… Read More…
Goals for November 2015
It is November which means it’s time to attack some goals. I ended up not setting any new goals for October because I was focusing on rest and recovery, but let’s review some of the month highlights, shall we? Did my first 24 hour adventure race and finished 2nd Coed Team Went to Ohio for… Read More…
Race Report: Gatineau Half Marathon
This past weekend, I headed to Gatineau to run the MEC half marathon and to have a biomechanics appointment with one of my friends, Annie Jean, who I met at the Transrockies 120 miler in Colorado this summer. She noticed my pronation issues within 10 minutes of meeting me and as she is not only an… Read More…
Fuelling with Protein for Endurance Events
Hey there! Fall is in full swing and this is always the busiest time of year for me at work. It is such a good thing that I decided to take an early off season or I would never see anyone ever. This past weekend, I headed to Toronto to pace the incredible Athletarian on… Read More…
