During the pandemic, I found myself with more time at the start of the day, so I started to walk to work. There were many benefits about my more active commute: it got me moving outdoors more; it reduced our fuel consumption (which is also good for the environment); it…
“Urgently seeking fosters for two 6 month old dogs.” A week before Christmas, our family responded to this call for help. We already knew the rescue organization as we had connected with them a few years ago, hoping to find a fur-sibling for our other rescue, Zeda. But at that…
I have seven weeks until Burlington’s Chilly Half Marathon and nine until the New York City Half Marathon. I also have zero base – squat. Covid does that to you. But since my official return to sport, I have had 2 slow runs (8K and 10K) and one 30k ride…
Our society is driven by data – at work, at home, and at play. For me, a number junkie and data nerd, tracking my fitness stats is a bit of a hobby. How much further or faster did I go? How I am comparing to what I did last year? …
Over the years, some of the skills that I have taught my students are to set goals but revise them as needed, finish what you started, take risks, and believe in yourself. Now, as I look back at the weeks leading up to the holidays, I realize that I modelled…
This summer, I took the plunge – literally. After months of throwing myself into the pool and getting comfortable with swimming almost 2000 metres continuously – but slowly – I decided it was finally time to do a triathlon. There is a big difference, though, between swimming in a pool…
Two weeks ago, I took a week off running. I wasn’t injured and I wasn’t recovering from a race. Instead, I had been gradually been building mileage and was running well, but I was losing motivation. Perhaps it was the end-of-winter fatigue that comes with fighting the cold, the wind,…
My races are usually targets, ones that I work towards and, on race day, I give it my all. Not during the pandemic. My training consisted of running and running some more: no speedwork, no tempos, no intervals. “Why beat my body up if I don’t need to?” I reasoned. …
