Category: Running

Switching it up during COVID

Training and Race Cancellations We started to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously at the running track in early March 2020.  Our three-day-a-week Master’s track group went from hug-greetings, to elbow bumps, to toe-taps to the complete cancellation of all training

Posted in Challenge, Cross training, Fitness Classes, Running, Track, Trails

Dazzle Patterns: a run through history

How does a novel take shape? Well, a writer starts with a germ of a story and goes from there. The author then refines and repeats the process over and over until it is finally published. Kind of like running

Posted in Books, Destination Running, Food, Movies, Review, Running, Tourism

Happiness: first race after injury

This is what happiness looks like! I ran my first race since October 2017 and since being injured in December with a piriformis injury, aka a pain in the butt.  My running the Bazan Bay 5k was pretty much timed

Posted in Injury, Life lessons, Racing, Running

Halifax Running: Point Pleasant Park

Almost every city in Canada has a great park and I’ve been lost in most of them (possibly not a good claim to fame as a running tour guide, but I’ve also found my way out all the while discovering

Posted in Destination Running, Life lessons, Running, Touring, Tourism, Trails

Running Labrador: Hamilton River Road Bypass Trail

Runway Closure, Day 2 On day two of being one of the “Runway People”, I explored another trail.  You can read about my day one adventure where I ran on the fabulous Birch Island boardwalk trails.  I have to admit,

Posted in Destination Running, Food, Running, Touring, Tourism, Trails