shoes!
You thought I was gonna say “me” didn’t you? Well, that just seemed so fucking cliche as it was coming out of the tip of my fingers, no matter how true the sentiment may reveal itself to be later on this coming year. Continue reading “New Year… New…”
Since my Saturdays aren’t available, I had to forgo running the Santa Shuffle & the Resolution Run this year, and choose a Sunday event to close out my 2014 running season.
The only thing close, and on a Sunday, was the Tannenbaum 10K.
Did I want to do a 10K for my last hurrah? Not particularly. Especially not by myself (none of my running pals like winter running) and on a flat course.
But alas, this was all that was available to me, and well, if I’m planning on doing a half in 2015, I better start doing the longer designations asap! Continue reading “Tannenbaum 10K”
Are you enjoying Black Friday? Did you get that super duper special just can’t resist deal on something you really REALLY wanted?
Did you actually really, really NEED what you bought?
So many people don’t have the luxury of bargain hunting on Black Friday. Everyday is a bargain hunt for them, but not for things like tv’s, and phones, and leather coats, and jewellery… but rather for milk, and bread, and vegetables, and toilet paper. Things most of us take for granted. Continue reading “Turning Black Friday into White Friday”
Again!
No one was more disappointed that I was that I was out of town during the inaugural launch of Gluten Freedom Week earlier this year.
No one was more thrilled than I was to be in town for the second round! Continue reading “Gluten Freedom Week! Take 2!”
He shot all of us that day. He shot our ancestors, our fathers, our brothers, our husbands, our friends. He shot our innocence, our ideals, our open hearts, our pride. But he didn’t win. In fact, he will be but a footnote weeks from now. “that guy” “that lunatic” who opened fire on unarmed men from behind, sadly killing one of them. And as the … Continue reading Remembrance Day
So, as I settled in to my favourite seat at one of my favourite Starbucks, dusted off the keyboard and my “writing fingers” and began to do a little blog housekeeping, I realized that it wasn’t that I hadn’t written anything for a while, but rather I hadn’t published anything! I have like 13 drafts on my dashboard, all in various states of being. “How … Continue reading Happy November!
It was essentially my one year “runniversary”. This would be the first race I would be repeating since starting to run “competitively” (not that I’m really competing against anyone but myself of course, and that pesky bastard “personal best”) and so this would be the first time I could directly compare my progress.
I’m not gonna lie. This worried me. What if my time was the same, or worse yet, slower?! I know it’s ultimately not about that, but come on, everyone who runs strives for, no expects to do better every time they go out.
Anyway, I did a couple of race distance runs early in the week, then tapered off to just walking/stretching, eating right, hydrating. I don’t know why this one was so important to do right, but it was. Something has clicked within me and I really want to take this to the next level in 2015 (more on that later) Continue reading “Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon Toronto 2014”
and then one day she said.. enough. You know that scene in “Love actually” when after being completely consumed with desire for his best friend’s wife, the character of ?? finally reveals his love for her. She in turn kisses him in a pure, platonic, “if I weren’t married” way. Finally validated and released from the clutches of his obsession, he turns towards the camera … Continue reading and then one day she said.. enough.
Happy Birthday to me!
First competitive run since the spring. (!)
TMI Alert: Woke up with my period, severe back cramps and diarrhea. (Really?! You’d think by 49 that would be the gift that no longer keeps on giving… Just sayin)
So, couldn’t eat or drink other than a couple of bites of raisin bread to line my stomach for the 2 Aleve I had to take for the cramps. Continue reading “Toronto 5k”
They say it’s your Birthday… You’re gonna have a good time…
“they” are / were right!
Let’s get this out of the way right now. I’m happy.
Yes, that’s right, you heard me, happy.
Unabashedly enjoying life, and all that it has to offer.
Nope, website hasn’t been hacked, nor have I been absorbed by pod people.
I just finally, after years of misery, and trying to fit my square pegged self into all of the shiny red holes everyone else thought I should be in, decided enough was enough.
I decided to be apologetically me…
And guess what? I discovered I LIKE me. Who knew!?
And so do others.
And guess what? I don’t need fixing!
Now I’m not saying I’m perfect suddenly. Noooooo… there is always room for improvement in many areas.
I’m just saying that at the core, I’m a pretty fucking awesome person, and after 49 years on the planet, I feel like I actually truly am authentically ME. Continue reading “They say it’s your Birthday… Happy Birthday to ya!…”
Fast. Food. Re-Focus 