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I’m not sure when it happened, maybe when it was happening to me in 2016 then but it seems running a half has become a common bucket list item. These tips are mostly directed for runners tackling their first half but you might find some gems here if you are a repeat offender too. Even... Continue Reading →
Life is hard and progress is harder. No this isn't going where you think it is so read on we are coming back around. When we work towards something we are focused and motivated by the something at the end rather than all the baby steps it takes to get there. I've been thinking a... Continue Reading →
I’m largely a vegetarian and my main reason for being so is climate change. So I do eat some sustainably harvested local seafood and game when it’s available. I also found that once I gave it up the health benefits were pretty great too. There are lots of great reasons to be vegetarian or even... Continue Reading →
Lots and lots of people use exercise to either lose or control their body weight. You all can click off this isn’t for you. However, if you continue to train for the love of the sport over the long term all that training potentially leads to a lower weight than you’d like then this is... Continue Reading →
Spring training season is just around the corner and side note I don't exactly have a clear plan yet. Yes that's stressing me out a bit but I'll figure it out soon. This is the perfect time of year to sit down make a list or write a letter to yourself about why you want... Continue Reading →
Today we’ll be talking about endurance and the science that we know about so far. Now you don’t have to run marathons or do triathlons for this to apply to you. On some level starting at the 800m mark endurance starts to play a factor. I doubt you’ll find a runner out there that could... Continue Reading →
There’s a lie of omission out there in the fitness world. That is once you get injured you do some work and then get better and that is the end of that. Here’s the thing though these injures actually tend to be pesky little buggers and just keep threatening to pop up again and again.... Continue Reading →
I'm lucky to live on the ocean both when I was little and now. For a few years when I didn't I went to visit it often. It was only a 15 minute drive outside the little town I went to university. Driving by the coast was the perfect way to clear my head. If... Continue Reading →
I can’t remember where I heard the quote but it really stuck with me. It goes “If you’re hearing about it on the news it is by definition newsworthy and rare. You needn’t be concerned about those things but rather the deaths that are so common they’ll never warrant a headline.” I was a worrier,... Continue Reading →
I’ve wanted to write about this for a while but I’ve also wanted to be sensitive about the issue. So in the meantime I’ve done a lot of research, note taking and lots and lots of thinking. Then I asked myself “do I REALLY want to write about this?” Then I repeated that process several... Continue Reading →
Sweat Sweetly 