Did I happen to mention how directionally challenged I am? North, east, south, west, what’s that? I could get lost in my own backyard. I’m not kidding, I actually did! But in my defense that was when we Iived on five acres and I was just a kid and … oh shoot, I’ve run out of excuses. I’ve been teased about it for as long as I can remember. I’ve made left turns when I was supposed to make rights, gone east when I was supposed to go west, gone towards the water when I was supposed to go towards the mountains. And let me just say, it can be frustrating – and dizzy – living in my spinny world. But with the advanced technology of GPS systems and Google Maps and Mapquest and Mapmyrun.com, I’ve thankfully been getting lost less and less frequently. Until today, that is. I’ve lived […]

Yoga, Cycling, Canucks, oh my! It was one of those amazing kind of days. From practically the moment I got up to the moment I went to bed I was decked out in exercise gear (aside from my pajamas of course). It wasn’t supposed to be an athleticism all day kind of day, but the sun came out and we just couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a ride, especially given that we didn’t ride yesterday. First things first though. TODAY’S YOGA: 9 a.m. BG before 6.0 75 minutes: felt awesome. I was holding my poses, my balance, for me, was good, my legs weren’t seizing up from too much tightness, and my abs were throbbing when she added in some ab work, which I much appreciated given that I never have the motivation to do abs on my own. But when she introduced the “crow” position (seriously, who came

Note to self: Never leave home without a spare AA. Today I discovered, that not only do I have to remember to have enough test strips in my purse, and sugar tablets in my purse, and backup insulin when I leave the house, I also have to have a fully juiced up AA battery. So yesterday morning, when I was at an interview, the alarm bells on my pump went off, and I had no idea what the heck it was, I thought it was someone’s annoying cell phone ring tone, you know, the chiming sing song kind of ring tone. And it wasn’t until I got in my car, and felt my pump vibrating against my waist along with the chiming bells that I realized, oh, the battery’s low. But I figured it would have enough juice to get me to Saturday morning when I had to change my

Ok, seriously, when is the warm spring weather coming out to play – and stay? I’m tired of getting taunted with one day here or a half day there or no days at all. It’s grey and wet and showery and cold. Twelve degrees just doesn’t cut it when it’s practically July! First thing this morning I decided I was going to try and get a run in later this afternoon, before hanging out with the little monkeys, otherwise known as my oh-so-cute nephews. But because I wouldn’t be coming home between work and the boys, I had to pack my bag at like 7 a.m. So, I threw in a light top and shorts, along with shoes and other gear, and was good to go – until I got outside. It was miserable, pouring down rain for most of the day, and every time I looked out the window,

Answer me this: How the heck does someone injure themselves while sleeping? Mario says I toss and turn like crazy, but seriously, I find it hard to believe that I can thrash around so much so that I jam my lower back right up. Ohhhh but I can. Yep. Didn’t even have to run for this injury. Seriously? I got tired of waiting for my physio to move me up to the top spot on the waiting list (I know, I know, I only called him two days ago, but what can I say? I’m impatient) so instead, I called my trusty massage therapist, who’s a hardcore distance runner, and is super chatty, and always leaves me with tips and pointers, and maybe even a few discount codes for online running sites too – those have come in handy 🙂 He informed me that I had in fact jammed up