It has been around two months since I ran the virtual half marathon. The virtual half was to replace the cancelled Vancouver BMO marathon on May 3rd. The virtual half did not go as I was hoping that it would go. It left me feeling unmotivated and under the running weather for a few weeks. I am happy to say that in the past 2-3 weeks I have been feeling back on track with running and dived back into marathon training at full force. The virtual race day was here and I started day the same as any other pre race morning routine. It was a slightly overcast, cooler day…
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The Storm
Your world completely shifts The days are long The weeks, months, and years are gone in a flash I can’t I can’t you scream and you do anyway It’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done Time is precious, moments are precious Life is simple Show up Big emotions, big hugs, little I love you, little I miss you Be gentle, be calm, teach them love, teach them boundaries, be everything but just be you Will that be enough? Be calm through the storm as your body wants to thunder and lightening along with the wind and rain Be gentle as the volcano erupts around you when your mind feels like…
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Postpartum Running
It was a big day for me over the weekend in my postpartum journey. I went for my first run since having baby number two. I have been seeing pelvic floor physiotherapist on and off since about 8 months after having my first daughter. It has been almost two years now. After my first baby I jumped right back into running after the “6 week” all clear and ran decent half marathon by around 4 months. My body was not ready to be running at the volume and intensity. I was having a lot of floor issues; cramping and leaking with running. It sucked. I thought it would improve but…
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Hiking Solo with My Baby Girl
I recently decided to go hiking with my 17month old baby girl and my dog solo for the first time since having her. As a family, we have done multiple hikes yet I have not gone alone with my little one and dog. Hiking has always been a massive part of my life, a passion I developed as a child. I love being outdoors. For awhile after my baby I attempted to do everything that I was doing before having her; honestly it was really hard. I got pretty burnout with it. I took a major step back started focusing on getting through each day overall it made my life…
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The Road Back to Running
By the time I was pregnant with Emma, I had been running marathons for over five years. My zen time, the time I can focus simply on the physical body and simply let my thoughts flow in and out is when I am running. The best part of the marathon distance, and I have said this before is the fact you need to put in the effort. You need to be consistent. The knowledge if you do not put in the miles you will not be able to finish keeps you heading out the door. Once I was pregnant I assumed that I would be able to keep running throughout…
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Into the woods
I had been planning to do the Juan de Fuca hike with my friend since last summer. We originally planned to go with both our husbands and potentially another couple as well. Now everyone expect my husband works shift work making organizing a trip was next to impossible with everyone conflicting, overlapping schedules. However, with a stroke of luck, I ended up getting pregnant last summer and having our sweet baby girl Emma in January. We now only had to find a time that worked for both my friend and her husband, as I would be on mat leave and my husband could take vacation. I knew that imy parents…
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The Unknown and Beautiful Experience of Labour to Six Weeks Post Partum
Holy Smokes! You think you know what labour will be, a general idea of how it is all going to go down. Well, it’s a dam good thing you don’t actually know what you are getting into beforehand, I don’t think anyone would have children, or at least not be terrified to go into labour. Okay let’s back up slightly, that is a little dramatic. For me it was not this beautiful zen process that some women have, it sucked. The end result is amazing and the body truly is an incredible organism. It literally does exactly what it needs to do, which in my experience was not exactly pretty…
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Pregnancy – What it is actually like
You hear all the stories of pregnancy, anything from it is the most magical experience of life to raging hormones, weird cravings and complete loss of control of your feelings and logical emotions. Well, so far I have found that it has been somewhere in the middle and most things you read leave with just as many questions as to when you started looking for answers. There is a lot left up for personal interpretation and hoping for the best, there is no clear road. The first trimester I spent most of the time being anxious, trying to talk myself into the fact everything was progressing in a healthy and…
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25 weeks and Running = Peeing A-lot!
When the pandemic started I was training to qualify for the Boston Marathon. The training I was doing was more planned out, higher intensity, more training days than I had done in the past. It was with peak performance training and I honestly loved it. Once the pandemic started and it was clear that all races for the year would be cancelled and I wouldn’t actually get to see if I could run the time, I stopped the training program, mostly because I no longer had a goal race for the season and I wanted to give my body the natural rest period. At this time Jake and I also…
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Pushing Through – Running
Today was a good day. It was the day I decided enough of the excuses; I thought to myself “I am going to get out for a long run.” Through the fall and the winter months, I have struggled with being motivated to run. I continued to battle the desire to get back into the regular five to six days running routine. This lead to weeks where I ran five times a week to weeks where I did not run at all. The lack of inconsistency some days has been more frustrating than the lack of running itself. I found the long run during the week was the run holding…
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The Mortal Instruments Series: Seeing through the Glamours
The Mortal Instrument Series by Cassandra Clare: Review Spoilers in the review The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare is a classic young adult fantasy series. The 6 books in the series (in order) city of bones (2007), City of Ash, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire (2014).I would rate the series ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ overall. Each book builds on the previous one. She builds the world and the depth of character through each book and laces it all with adventures that challenge everyone. For me it was hard to separate each book from one another to write a single review for each…
