For the past few years, I have been working on not comparing myself to others, mostly through fear of injuring myself while doing more than my body can handle or by trying to stay competitive with younger athletes that this body has no business being competitive with. My age group, …
The half-Ironman ride course at Mont Tremblant is described as hilly: 837 metres of elevation over 90 kilometres. Knowing that this was where I was going to be spending most of my time on race day, I made sure that I was ready for it. Since January, I have ridden…
2006: “It’s OTMH calling. We have your son’s scan results and the doctor would like you both to come back to the hospital to go over them. Bring a bag with clothes as we are probably going to send you by ambulance to Sick Kids tonight for more testing.” My…
Adapt. Pivot. Let go. In the past six months, I have learned to let go. The background: My recovery from the hamstring tear on my right hip has gone exactly as I had hoped. I was running and running well. I was starting to race again and was happy with…
This week, I finally got the x-ray results of my hip. I knew it wasn’t going to be good news because my doctor said he would only call if there were a problem. Since I had my x-ray at the beginning of August and hadn’t heard from him, I assumed…
This is not the post that I imagined that I would be writing. I thought I would be writing about running, racing and all things fitness but, here I am, feeling compelled to write about COVID-19. In my eyes, COVID-19 was inevitable. In 1798, Thomas Malthus published his theory of…
After a year of riding literally thousands of miles on my wind trainer, I decided it was time for a change. While I am grateful for the time I had on my trainer, I had reached the point where I needed more. Spinning the pedals was no longer keeping me…
Cycling is one of the few sports or activities that everyone in the family enjoys. Dave is an avid cyclist and, in the past year, I have grown to love it. Robert has always been strong on his bike and my youngest, while he rides for fun, is quite competent.…
“You always want to climb the mountain but, once you get to the base, you don’t go any further!” A few weeks ago, Dave and I were riding and he wanted me to start getting more comfortable in the big cog. You know; the one at the front of the…
