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…
Category: Running
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…
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…
Running and Ranting
In Canada, Rick Mercer is the king of ranting. He usually rants about politics, at all levels; federal, provincial, and municipal. To me he is the consummate ranter and you know what else I like about him? He walks and…
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Yoga practice dedication
When I first started running, I loved how my lungs, heart, and legs got stronger. And bonus, over time, my butt shrank in size after all those years of sitting at a desk. I soon got into the running groove…
