You know that feeling of going out for a run, feeling strong, smooth and speedy? The wind is in your hair, you’re in a rhythm that makes your stride almost effortless, and the flow of endorphins makes you want to run all day? It’s pure bliss. Unfortunately, that was not what my Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon […]
It’s not often that we allow ourselves the opportunity to escape the demands of our every-day lives, disconnecting from technology, work, responsibilities and our to-do lists. We live in a time where content consumption has reached a peak, information is coming at us constantly, and whether we know it or not, and our brains are constantly […]
Well it’s certainly been a while since the last one of these! Yesterday was a day that I’m sure all the non-runners in Vancouver loathe because of inconvenient road closures: The BMO Vancouver Half Marathon and Marathon. As I was driving to the race expo on Saturday afternoon, I realized that the last race I did was Challenge […]
Four weeks in, fifteen weeks to go until race day, and welcome to my second Ironman 70.3 Victoria training check-in! I’ve got lots to report back on, but if you hang on till the end there’s a giveaway to enter. 😉 Psst… missed the first one? Catch up by reading it here. My first month of proper training […]
As I was typing the title of this blog post, I got really really excited. If you were reading along last year, you may remember that I did a series of 6 posts in the lead up to my first half Ironman, Challenge Penticton on August 30th. Well my friends, it’s time to restart that […]
It’s Monday morning and this post has been written, which means I survived Challenge Penticton and am alive to tell the tale! Grab yourself a delicious beverage and curl up in a comfy chair because it’s story time. To prevent this post from turning into a thousand-page novel, I’ll start with Saturday morning, the day before the […]
Well….. It’s the last training check-in before Challenge Penticton Half next weekend, and I still can’t quite believe that I’m about to wrap up 8 solid months of training. So much has happened since the day I decided to commit to all of this, and while the thought of spending 6ish hours swimming, cycling and […]
Hey friends! The last 4 days have been quite the whirlwind of festivities, and this morning I’m especially thrilled that I opted to take today off work to recover from it all. To say it was one of the best weekends of the summer would be an understatement, and I’m going to try to sum […]
Hey guys! Well, it’s Monday morning and I’m alive to write and publish this, which means I survived my first olympic distance triathlon! I’m also super pumped to tell you about it because it was SO much fun. This 5th instalment of my half Ironman 70.3 training will cover yesterday’s race experience, my day-before-the-race prep, […]
I can’t believe it’s already been 5 months since my half Ironman training began, and that means there are only 3 months left until race day. There’s been a lot going on over the past month, so this recap will focus on how my training has changed since the last check-in, motivation struggles, and how […]
