As an ultramarathoner, I am totally bound by my PreRace foot care routine. Having suffered from blisters, lost toe nails and dealt with hot spots… I have certainly learned the hardway when it comes to the meticulous pre-race preparation of my feet. As an obstacle course racer, my hands don’t look much different from myContinue reading “3 Tips for Pre-Race OCR Handcare”
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Not Doing Burpees is Awesome
After racing pretty hard yesterday, I wasn’t sure how things would go today. I got ahead of Claude, Spartan World Champion x2 and Olympic biathlete, on the first climb by running as much as I could – and by narrowly escaping a heart attack. Good start. She took back the lead heading down the otherContinue reading “Not Doing Burpees is Awesome”
Things I Learned in Sparta Today…
Well I missed the spear AND balance again… just as I did last week. The good news is that I was actually with the mighty Queen of Sparta, Claude Godbout, until the slack line. Which is crazy awesome. I fell to third, and fought back to second by hauling ass up and down the mountain.Continue reading “Things I Learned in Sparta Today…”
The Montreal Super – Montreal is super!
My experience this past weekend reminds me of a Brazilian proverb… “If we dream alone, it’s only a dream. If we dream together, it’s the beginning of reality.” Even the owners of the bed and breakfast felt like long time family. Our already late flight was delayed a couple hours in Toronto. We ended upContinue reading “The Montreal Super – Montreal is super!”
Montana Spartan: Damn… STFU is Hard Work
I’ve been running some good times on the road lately. And I’ve been loving just training and running. But not having raced an OCR since World’s Toughest Mudder, it was time to get back in the mud. Plus it was weird not being covered head-to-toe in so many cuts and bruises that people ask meContinue reading “Montana Spartan: Damn… STFU is Hard Work”
5 Tips for Hiking with a Baby
People, both on and off the trail, are always floored that I take both my girls (1 and 4 years) on the Grouse Grind. It’s a 2.9k hike up some rugged stairs below a tramway. You gain more than 3,000 feet. But doing this hike regularly has prepared me to take the girls on all sortsContinue reading “5 Tips for Hiking with a Baby”
10 Tried & True Mental Strategies for Long Distance Racing
Let me preface this by admitting that I am generally terrible at everything. Thank the heavens for long distance running. It’s the only way I could ever call myself an athlete. My husband and I once saw a shirt that read, “All grit no talent,” and we both looked at me in lock step. IContinue reading “10 Tried & True Mental Strategies for Long Distance Racing”
The Diez Vistas
I heard this race drew a more competitive field than the one I did a month ago, so I was surprised when we all huddled around an imaginary start line without timing chips in a parking lot near Sassamat Lake for an unannounced count down from ten. They had no megaphone, so they replied on twoContinue reading “The Diez Vistas”
We ALL Have Obstacles
Yesterday afternoon we had our first official obstacle course training camp. John and I have been coaching OCR since 2012 – but in a weekly class format – so we were excited to be able to offer it in a more condensed way. AND in one of the best Crossfit boxes in Canada, Crossfit New West. WeContinue reading “We ALL Have Obstacles”
The Dirty Duo 50k
Sometimes the going just ain’t easy. And you know for certain it’s going to be one of those, “dig deep just to keep moving” kinda days when you’re checking your GPS one kilometer in. But these are great days to have. You don’t build resilience on the days you glide along effortlessly. You build itContinue reading “The Dirty Duo 50k”
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