Yesterday I competed in the second race of the 2014 Vancouver Island Running Series, aka the Frontrunners Island Race Series organized by the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (VIRA). This series of races has been going on for years in various…
Author: Denise
I am a runner.
Cross training : Swimming
I love swimming. When I was a kid I was a competitive swimmer. I was also a lifeguard; taught swimming lessons; was a SCUBA diver; and participated in a myriad of water sports. But I got out of doing all those…
New Year’s Resolutions
I sat down today to check on my electronic life with my cats and a nice cup of tea, along with a few left over bits of Christmas baking (hey, someone has to eat them and once they are gone……
Posted in Something New
Cross training : skating
When I was a kid, winters were cold, at least 8 months long and I learned to skate on a flooded backyard ice surface. Oh how quintessentially Canadian! I love skating, but don’t skate nearly enough these days. My son…
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MapMyRun
I use an iPhone app called MapMyRun. It taps into the iPhone GPS and records my outdoor workouts. It specifically records the time, distance, elevation gain (great for running up mountains), pace and lays the route out on an interactive…
