Happy Wednesday, loves. This week has gone by at a break neck speed due to it being a holiday on Monday this week in Ontario. I always find that I am completely thrown for the rest of the week after having an extra day off. It has been a while since I have tackled reader… Read More…
Transrockies Recap
Well, this is one of those posts where I really don’t even know where to begin. All I know is that as I left for Transrockies, I knew that it would be one of those races that would change my life,…again. This year has been a huge one in terms of experiences rather than races…. Read More…
Headed out to the Mountains, Leaving with a Giveaway!
Right now, my living room looks a bit like this: I am collecting everything I need to get ready to GO! I am working off of a long list of requirements for the race. It is my first stage race, I did a stage expedition in 2013, but this is the first time that I… Read More…
Goals for August 2015
Well that was a month that certainly did not go as planned… July was amazing but it was a little bit different on the training front that I expected. There was a moment where I was fighting back tears on the examination table where my coach said to me “Endurance sports are character building –… Read More…
Some of my favourite things and a giveaway!
You know those weeks where the weather is perfect? That was 100% this week. It could just be the fact that I am back to running and I am grinning ear to ear. Every night after work, I head out on another test run, slightly longer than the one before and gleefully report with a… Read More…
Resource Wednesday: Training For A Mountain Race When You Live In A Valley
With Transrockies coming up for me, my planning is going into over drive to make sure all the details are in place. I am meeting a group of friends in Denver and we are heading to the race start in Buena Vista from there. Details are being thrown around like which car size to rent… Read More…
My Kind Of Weird
Well this week sort of just disappeared on me to be honest. Last weekend was a holiday and I was gone to Michigan for a training camp and a race. As soon as I came back, I began moving furniture out of my apartment to prepare for my move at the end of the month… Read More…
Vision Board 2015
Guys. It has been one heckuva year. I’ve taken up mountain biking, skiing, adventure racing, Muay Thai and triathlons. I started a new job. I moved. And I had the time of my life in 2014. At the beginning of every year, I create a vision board as a platform to build my year around…. Read More…
Goals for April 2014
Happy Monday, friends! How was your weekend? I had a busy weekend full of two successful back to back long runs and lots of socializing! I was loving the taste of spring weather that we had in Southwestern Ontario on Sunday and it made me realize that April is tomorrow, which means it’s… Read More…
DNF and Cornstarch – What I Learned in My First Two Races of 2014
It was a dark, cold night after the Re-frigee-eighter. Our Health + Performance group was standing around our coach to hear what the workout was for the evening. Before we began, he asked who raced that weekend and what their times were. There was a lull in the conversation and I blurted out “I DIDN’T… Read More…
