Just like other bad things that get out of hand like drugs and alcohol they can start of fine for one reason and continue for too long. Pretty soon that this is woven deep into the fabric of your life and for me that bad thing is a bum bag. It started off as a... Continue Reading →
What Mountain Bikers Can Learn from Roadies
If I could only ever do one type of exercise again, not sure how that would ever happen but stay with me, it would be mountain biking. It’s my favourite thing to do. The perfect mix of endurance, muscle building, adrenaline and adventure all in one sport. But recently I dusted off and tuned up... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 50
Go onto almost anyone's fashion blog, insta feed or beauty channel and it's spectacular. We all buy into that and I do too! We all present a curated version of ourselves online and the horse has left the barn a long time ago on that one. If fact it even crossed my mind that posting... Continue Reading →
What Roadies Can Learn From Mountain Bikers
If I could design my perfect life I’d spend a lot more of it on my mountain bike but since I don't do much extreme stuff and like all my bones in one piece I won’t be making a living from that any time soon. Everyone knows, okay all bikers know, that roadies and mountain... Continue Reading →
Exercise and Your Period, Loosing it and Anovulatory Cycles
Yuck gross, I know but periods and exercise are a place you can get yourself into some real lasting trouble. You might have heard that women who exercise a lot loose their periods and maybe even that they are infertile. While neither of these are necessarily true but they actually can be and worse, scary... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 49
Sometimes we have to zoom out, like way out on our everyday lives and take stock. While you're out there taking the wide view on your life remember to not only look at the obstacles in front of you but the ones behind you that you've already overcome. You got past those and you'll get... Continue Reading →
The Hidden Costs of Owning a Boat
A few weeks back I wrote a post about about the weird things you might not realize about boating culture and I talked a bit about some hidden costs. Well it turns out that a few peeps out there at least want to hear more about that! I also mentioned that there is a long... Continue Reading →
Melmerby Olympic Triathlon: Race Recap
This is long and late but so much happened and I wanted to get it right because it was a big, big deal for me! So this is going to be a long one because well a lot happened. Lots of good things and some not so great things. The night before we left for... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 48
Guess what you guys, I didn't get my Wednesday post up this week about my triathlon update. For two reasons one is it's going to be a lot longer than average because it was more happened than I expected so it's not ready. And... I was just too busy having fun this week. After all... Continue Reading →
Triathlon Training Update 9: Last One and Full Taper
So this week was an easy one in so many ways. Physically there wasn’t much to do with training and work wise we’re gearing up to do a big project where we REALLY have to have all our i’s dotted and our t’s crossed. So lots of meetings and we sold the house! Actually to... Continue Reading →