I have said this before, but I truly believe that eating is linked to how you feel and how you perform. Although food is not the be all and end all, I normally start my treatment of most things with food. Have a cold setting in? I reach for the garlic before I reach for… Read More…
Vanilla CocoBerry Smoothie
It is starting to feel like fall out there! I keep finding bits of coloured leaves in my shoes and the air has a bit of a bite. That has not been stopping me from getting in some quality swim sessions or spending time outside. I am probably the only female on earth that doesn’t… Read More…
New Feature: Marathon Training
Well, I’m back. What a fabulous weekend of camping and spending time with fellow trail running junkies at the Impossible 2 Possible race in Gatineau, Quebec! I am kicking off this Monday with a brand new feature surrounding the Toronto Scotiabank Marathon that I will be racing this fall on October 19. I will be… Read More…
ENDURrun Marathon Race Report
There is nothing I love more than spontaneous trips, so I am excited to be packed up and headed to Quebec this weekend to run the Impossible 2 Possible event in Gatineau with some of my fellow 5 Peaks ambassadors and friends! (Especially since everyone I know is headed to Vancouver to make me jealous!)… Read More…
Beet Juice and Endurance Athletes
I visited my naturopath the other week to talk nutrition and training. I have never talked about this on the blog before, but I am an endurance athlete with Graves Disease which is an aggressive form of hyperthyroidism. Basically, while everyone else’s thyroid decides to slow down, mine wants to ramp into high gear which causes… Read More…
ZICO Recovery Popsicles
It is getting WARM out there! Heat training is something I adore because in my opinion, there is nothing more fun than getting a giant, stinging eyes, drip-down-your-back sweat on after a hard interval session which is exactly what happened this week at practice with my team. I came home and drank my regular recovery… Read More…
Nuun Energy – Poppin’ Tabs
I’ll never forget the first time I topped a Nuun tab. It was a hot day in July and I had been on a particularly long road ride. My friend pulled out this small tube and dropped a pink circle into my water that started hissing and spitting and finally settled into the most delicious… Read More…
Genuine Health: It Matters
I will never forget my first appointment with a sports dietician last year. I arrived at the appointment feeling confident in my nutrition and health. I watched my nutrients, I drank water, I tried to sleep enough hours to recover properly. She took a look at my diet and began asking a rapid fire round… Read More…
Glycemic Index and SOLO
Let’s talk glycemic index for a moment, shall we? It’s a buzz word that has been thrown around a lot and as it is showing up in the aisles of the grocery story, it is time to take pause and understand it. The Glycemic Index is a ranking of how fast or how much a… Read More…
Mental Health Week and North Coast Naturals
This is a pretty important week for me. So often as athletes, we focus on physical training that we forget that we are made up of more stuff than just bones and muscles. Putting in long hours of training and losing the ability to spend quality time with friends and family. Focusing so much on… Read More…
