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Why I’m giving up the three C’s (coffee, chocolate and carbs) and going on a...
It’s 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, and while other 28 year olds are probably downing craft beer and inhaling spicy chicken wings at a pub somewhere (watching the Canucks game, of course), I’m nursing a...
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Nutrition update, and some healthy (and really tasty) gluten-free recipes!
Betcha can’t eat just one! I’m not doing so great with this whole “cleanse” thing. Turns out I go crazy when I restrict things when I really don’t need to, especially if I want to keep my fitness (and...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die (on Vancouver Island): 1. Gowlland Todd
Last week, I stumbled upon this post on Shape.com. After browsing through a few, I decided that the trails I run regularly in Victoria could definitely give those suggestions a run for their money. I...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 2. Trestle Run in Goldstream Park
This week, I’m going to feature another amazing West Shore run: the Goldstream-campground-past-the-gold-mine-to-the-trestle run, or to put it simply, the Trestle Run. This route is usually about 7 km,...
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Race Review: Hatley Castle 8K
I know I said that Mount Stewart would be the next featured trail run, and I did actually run there on Friday (…well, sort of), but I also did a race this weekend so I thought I’d post about that this...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 3. Thetis Lake to Stewart Mountain
It took us two tries, but we finally made it to the top of Stewart Mountain, the next trail run I wanted to feature in this series. This trail route was tough to find, especially for a couple of...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 4. Mt. Quimper in Sooke
Top of Mt. Quimper Sooke trails are hard to beat. In fact, I could probably come up with enough epic trail run routes to complete this blog series just in Sooke alone. But, since Sooke is a 40 minute...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 5. Coast Trail in East Sooke Park
The Coast Trail in East Sooke Park is probably my favourite trail on Vancouver Island. I love its incredible ocean views, that fresh smell of salty-ocean-meets-rainforest lingering in the air, its many...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 6. Mt. Doug Park in Saanich
A “Top 7 Trail Runs on Southern Vancouver Island” list wouldn’t be complete without including at least one trail in Saanich. Although the Westshore and Sooke are home to some of my most favourite...
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Gear Review: FitBit Flex
Like most endurance sport junkies I know who train to improve their personal bests, I’m obsessed with analyzing stats and data: average pace, distance travelled, average stride rate, beats per minute,...
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Squamish 50: How I trained for my first ultra
In less than two days, I’ll be running through this. Then I’ll be spending about eight hours runking (running the flat trails and downhills, hiking the uphills… it’s my word of the day, just made it...
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Squamish 50k Race Recap: The toughest race I’ve ever done
That’s my “who would voluntarily sign up for that” face. Well… that was an experience. I think the more challenging moments of the Squamish 50 are still lingering, as I’ve yet to look back and...
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So I’m running a marathon in two days…
Running the 2010 Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon …and I haven’t trained for it. Apparently I haven’t learned my lesson from my torturous adventure at the Squamish 50 and I don’t take my own advice...
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Mind over legs? How to run a marathon without training
“Proof” that I ran the 2013 Goodlife Fitness Marathon Somehow, I managed to run a 3:41 at the 2013 Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon. That’s almost a 25-minute improvement over my previous marathon...
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Hate running? Then don’t do it.
That’s right, you heard me. If pulling on your sweat-wicking threads, lacing up your flashy, minimalistic running shoes and pounding the pavement with Daft Punk blasting through your ear buds for 40...
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What off-season? Winter workouts and upcoming trail races
Love fall trail running! While some athletes and regular-exerciser-type folks like to take a break from training in the winter, I tend to ramp it up. Not really sure why — I know it’s good to take a...
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Race Review: Gunner Shaw XC 10k Classic
Dirty trail shoes, which were a lot muddier before running through the lake at the end of the race. If you’ve ever wanted to slog your way through a mud pit, splash through a smelly swamp and bound...
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7 Trails to Run Before You Die: 7. Matheson Lake in Metchosin
After almost eight months, I finally mapped the last trail I wanted to feature in my “7 Trails to Run Before You Die – Vancouver Island Edition” series. I was thinking about featuring Elk/Beaver Lake,...
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My Annual Non-New Year’s Resolution Post: 2014 Goals
Me at the top of Haleakalā in Maui in March 2013 Has it seriously been 365 days since my last non-New Year’s resolution post? It felt like 2013 flew by in a blur of awesomeness. A lot of wonderful, fun...
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Strength training. You’re (probably) doing it wrong.
Flexing my tiny bicep. Up until very recently, I thought I had pretty decent form when lifting weights and doing core exercises at the gym. I’ve been studying the instructions in fitness magazines and...
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