I decided to try this product as I have never found a hydration delivery system which is comfortable for me. I have tried pretty much every waist bottle system available and find that certain aspects of each don’t agree with me as a runner. Having said that, I approached the Handheld bottle with […]

Logs Rocks and Steel
Logs Rocks and Steel took place on this year’s Labour Day weekend.  I was pretty pumped as this was going to be one of my only Adventure Race type race this year as being a new father has limited my ability to travel, and the Quest for a Cure’ […]

I have always been a profuse sweater.  In everything I do in life, I sweat more than most people I encounter.   If you think of the sweatiest person you know, I could compete with them for the amount of water lost to the atmosphere and clothing materials.  I am not trying to […]

I am the first to admit that I am not a runner by trade, but I won an entry into any of the 5 Peaks trail running series through the Team Running Free lottery.  I was very excited about this opportunity as I was thinking of doing it anyway and this just […]

With a Due Date landing smack dab in the middle of race season (July 2nd)  My goals for this coming year are somewhat modified.
 
Plans for a sub 3 hour 30km at Around the Bay will have to wait until 2011.  As will my plans to run the Whitby Marathon in May.  By the time the […]

 
With the help of some meds from the doctor my third month of pregnancy is far better than the second!
 
The rate of  exhaustion is still WAY up there – but with morning sickness at bay I have settled into a nice routine if running three to four times a week.  Coupled with walking the dogs […]

With the good news confirmed by the doctor of our first baby on the way, I had a lot of images in mind of the kind of pregnancy I wanted to have.  
 
Up until this point I had been logging around 15km for my long run and figured I would do some version of that […]

After a few years of sporting the 8-hour relay style, a group of friends decided it was time to bond together over a good old-fashioned 24 hour mountain bike relay. 
 
Kelso was the destination for the Summer Solstice 24 Hour race.
 
We pulled in the night before to the camp ground with our new, used camping […]

Well, been putting off writing this one.
 Headed up to Bracebridge to compete in the sprint triathlon.  A great little venue, I got there real early (a little too early as the drive didn’t take as long as I thought).
 As allways, HSBC runs a fantastic race, and the organization was awesome.
 Spent a good amount of time […]

There is a bargaining system in our house between the animals and the humans.   We own a Rottie Cross and a full-blown bouncing off the walls Husky.  The bargains are as follows:
 
If we, the humans, let you up on the bed, that means we get an extra hour of uninterrupted sleep. 
 
If we, the humans, […]

This fall my husband and I found out that we’re expecting our first baby early this July. 
 
As I’m sure most of you veteran parents know. Having a baby can really change your life.  What I was shocked about was that even before CONCEPTION this can be the case!
 
In the spring we decided that we […]

Thanks to a friend I have discovered a new love: Kinesio tape!
 
Back in the spring when I was building up the mileage for around the Bay my IT Band was proving to be problematic. 
 
My mountain bike buddy (and new running partner) has a kinesiology degree and convinced me to let her try taping me […]

 
At the beginning of the season I was lucky enough to draw a credit for CW-X I had heard about the benefits of their gear supporting the muscles and ligaments, but a bit of sticker shock had kept me from taking the plunge.
 
It only took one run to know that quality costs a bit of […]

Nothing like a little bit of fear to motivate you over the winter!
 
In the fall of 2008 March seemed like a long time away – so it was time to try my first 30km run.   Around the Bay always sounded like a fun race to participate in.  It also seemed like the perfect bridge from […]

I am a big fan of the CW-X tights (I own the Insulator, Stabilyx, Expert, and Pro), so it was a no brainer for me to make use of CW-X’s Pro Shorts for my summer races.
I am no longer a young buck […]

I recently changed from using a generic multivitamin to something I’d read and heard about from fellow endurance athletes…  7Systems.  What peaked my interest was that it is designed for endurance athletes in mind, targeting the demands we require.  Previously I was reading literature trying to find those supplements to help keep my vitamin levels in check, combat […]

 In the last few months like most who run have read Christopher McDougall’s Born To Run.  And have looked at it and tried to connect what we take from it into our own running. One area the book covers is footwear specifically running shoes and it’s effect on the human body.
Now I’m not going to […]

GU Chomps! 

In the past five years a lot has changed in fuelling options for racing.  Options used to be pretty limited to various bars a few gels and some basic hydration choices.  One of the coolest things I noticed is the new candy like fuel like Sport Beans, Clif Bloks […]

Due to a wonderful November and beginning of December I have had a great opportunity to log some substantial miles in some Salomon XT Hawk’s.  This should be my “off season” but with near perfect weather for the last 6 weeks it has been hard to resists some late fall trail running in some truly […]

 Over the years it always amazes me how something simple in a race like a jersey zipper can become either frustrating or to much work to deal with. Especially when one is doing 4 plus hour events.Yet it is something that we tend to ignore.
Having used for the last year and a half full zip […]