

It's been 5 years.
**Warning: This blog post contains graphic content, photographs and descriptions that may be disturbing to some readers. ** I have this...


Mount Hood 50K
As most of you know, since April I had been dealing with two stress fractures that had sidelined me from running for 10 weeks. On May...


My New Long-Term Love
In 2016, I went through a string of agonizing short term relationships. Each new relationship would spark joy, happiness and hope. Each...


Drink Good Wine on Good Days
One of my favourite people in my life is my Uncle Nigel. I can always rely on him for passing on his pearls of wisdom to me. I have a few...


Ready. Set. Ragnar Niagara
I wish I could say my journey to being involved in Ragnar Niagara Road Relay was as smooth as Ready, Set, Ragnar! But like many things...


Runner Not Running ... 6 weeks and counting
It’s been about 6 weeks since my last run. While my friends said these 8 weeks would “fly by” in the back of my head I thought … “pfffft,...


Broken, but not beaten
“Nothing in my life has ever broken my heart the way running has. And yet, I cannot breathe without it.” - Kara Goucher Ever since...


PBs and Passes
Minimalism Update and Mindfulness As far as minimalism goes, I’ve been doing fairly well, but the mindfulness not as great. I did make a...


January Wrap-up
My January was basically focused on getting myself organized around the goals I set out at the beginning of the month. Getting myself...


2017: A Look at the Year Ahead
Happy weekend everyone! I hope everyone made it through the first week of January. I got hit by a flu, which was not how I wanted 2017 to st