So, just as I was beginning to concede the fact that I had gone all hill wimpy, due to the two-month running hiatus I took not too long ago, I learned tonight that that may actually not be the case at all, and that I could still, in fact, be the Contador (le sigh) of running! For about a week and a half now I’ve been feeling an awful lot of tightness in my calves, kinda like how I imagine a boa constrictor would feel wrapping its coils tighter and tighter around me, and at first I thought maybe I had overdone it in the gym, which wouldn’t be all that unlikely given that I really have no idea what I’m doing in there, but then I thought for sure it was the New West hills – what else could it possibly be I lamented to myself, and pretty much […]

I am so not a morning person. I’m the kind of person who stays in bed until the very last second, and if my eyes open, even just a half a minute before the alarm blares, I get annoyed. Don’t get me wrong, I’m also not the kind of person who can sleep ’til noon, in fact, most days I’m out of bed by 8 or 9 at the latest (I think that’s out of habit; almost 23 years of having to wake up to check your blood sugars, take insulin and eat breakfast will do that to you) but I do value my beauty sleep nonetheless. And yet, get this, I was out of the house this morning by 6:15 a.m. – that’s right A.M.!!! – with my sneakers on to boot! Because I had a school board meeting to cover tonight, I thought the early morning run was my best

Welcome to the first day of a summer, the longest day of the year, a glorious day that should be filled with sunshine and butterflies, and ice cream and popsicles, but for us West Coasters it’s more like sweaters and grey gloom. Boo 🙁 When I woke up this morning, and looked out the window to the familiar grey skies, I decided to rebel against them. I was tired of the grey clouds, tired of the rain, tired of Juneuary! So, rather than dress myself in long johns and sweatshirts, I put my jeans on, rolled them up into beach-like boyfriend-style jeans, put a t-shirt on and was good to go … I may have froze in the office all day (seriously, why is the air conditioner on when it’s freezing outside???) but it was so worth it. And on my way to work, I decided to take my Zoë

When Mario told me he had to write his blog this morning before going out on a ride – emphasis on had to – I didn’t really think too much of it. I was on my way to my parent’s following this morning’s 13 km LSD run, and he was on his bike, but only in Burnaby. I’d already been out of the house for two and a half hours and had figured he would have been a lot further along by now – but he had to write his blog, he said. And it wasn’t until we were off the phone, and I had continued on to my parent’s to bring my dad some Happy Father’s Day love, that it suddenly dawned on me: Father’s Day! Mario lost his pops six years ago, just before Father’s Day, to pancreatic cancer. He had to write his blog. And my goodness what a touching

So, I think Garmin’s taking over the world, and I think I may actually be the cause of it. Hear me out on this. See, it was only nine months ago that I bought my very first Garmin watch, not really that long ago when you think about it, and yet, here I am, nine months later, once again, Garmin shopping! It’s obvious, don’t you think, I’m so stroking the company’s ego (I already had a Garmin GPS … not much good that’s done me though) which is totally the result of their latest addition to the Garmin line: The Garmin Phone! It’s a pretty logical theory if you ask me 😀 When I bought the Garmin Forerunner 205 last September, I was fine with the fact that it didn’t come equipped with a heart rate monitor, in fact, I was quite over joyed by it. Firstly, I was saving