I’m noticing a trend in the running/fitness community and *cough* my life and that is how runners go on to become triathletes only to give it all up and run relatively slow on trails for a really long time. But I also get why this happens both in terms of the body and the vibe... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 93
Run wild, run free. Great words to live by but a little unrealistic right? At least I think so. You'll see lots of motivational messages out there with that sort of message on them. As nice as that sounds most of us just can't live our lives that way. Things like mortgages, those kids you... Continue Reading →
Bluenose 10k Race Recap 2019
This year I did the Bluenose 10k, my regular Bluenose race with my stepdad. It looked like this was going to be my volunteer year but next year, I mean it. For a while it looked like I might not participate at all and that made me unexpectedly sad. I think I can say now... Continue Reading →
When to Abandon a Training Plan and Race
No one want to do it and even though it’s sounds hard it’s so much more terrible than it sounds. The thing is if you’re half ass-ing a plan and consumed by guilt and doubt that’s pretty terrible too. In general if you do have to ditch think of it as putting off rather than... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 92
One year is nothing, if you're really lucky it will be about 1% of your whole life. But if you take a whole year, put your head down and decide to give your all to making some changes you really can accomplish almost anything. A year is enough to run your first half marathon, loose... Continue Reading →
Race Recap: Sole Sisters 5k and Quarter Marathon
I did my first 1/2 marathon with Sole Sisters the inaugural year in 2016 and it was pretty great. But I wasn’t in a big rush to go back there and run it again at least by myself. Don’t think for a second it’s not a great place to run alone because you won’t feel... Continue Reading →
Behind the Scenes at Sweat Sweetly: Secrets, Excuses and Apologies
I’m not perfect I get it, there are errors on here from time to time and the odd inconsistency maybe so I wanted to clear them up, clear the air and make some excuses. I mean give you all some explanations on the behind the scenes stuff. Life stuff, blog stuff and writing stuff. Keen... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 91
During a given training cycle things can get hard. You might even be expecting it to get tough in certain ways. The ways it actually gets hard though there is no shortage of ways that might spring up and surprise you. Last summer I re-did a training plan for a long race and I once... Continue Reading →
12 Normal things That Can Totally Happen After a Run
There are some crazy things that can and do happen to your body after a run. Sure you might feel awesome, refreshed and full of energy too but these aren’t those things. There are some of the not so great or even scary things but rest assured they are normal things. Often times they are... Continue Reading →
What am I Doing this Season Anyway?
I’ve been kinda vague about this one so far not because I’m being dramatic or building suspense or anything but because I really didn’t have it figured out yet. I mostly do now, sorta kinda a little bit at least. It’s one of my first posts on here was about how to plan a race... Continue Reading →