“I did not come in last,” she said and this is what it meant for her.

I wrote a blog back in September about a 5k gone wrong. I had made a goal a few month before with my then boyfriend and we were to train and prep for the 5k, run it and then go to the wine festival that was happening in the hosting town. Well, I didn’t train, […]

“I came in last”, she said. And this is what it meant for her.

Humbling moments have been rare in my life; but today, I experienced a big one. Three months ago, 96 days to be exact, I committed to do something I had done fairly routinely three to four years ago. I committed to run a 5k race. Scouring through the Ontario race lists I was meticulous with […]

This Has Nothing To Do With Weight Loss – Trust the Uncertainty

As I went out on my interval run/walk this morning, hastily preparing for a 5K run I have in only 24 days, my mind was rambling with thoughts and feelings. With only four minutes left on my stopwatch, I could feel my chest getting tight and my breath become shallow – these are all sensations […]

Being Fat is Not Fun – A response to I’mperfect Life’s My Weight (and size) Matters

I have been blessed with meeting some pretty amazing people over the course of the last five years. Some have come and gone, some remain at the sidelines and others have been woven into the tapestry of my life in a way that may not need daily interaction, but they feel like home and can […]

The 5k Therapy

I was so tired Saturday. Like ridiculously tired. It was also a very emotional day for me. I don’t have tired or emotional days often but when I do they seem to fall on the same day. I battled myself all day. Every time I looked in the mirror I was unhappy with the progress […]

Saturday of Champions (made, not born!)

I woke up determined to get my 5k in, as noted in my last post (Because I Can…). I hadn’t run that distance since my last race back about four weeks ago in Guelph with some girlfriends. Had my oats, eggs and two cups of coffee, feeling a bit wonky as we left the house. […]

Because I Can…

Today I was out and was passed by a man walking along the beach trail at Kelso. As I was dragging the two kids and four hundred bags with the stroller back from the beach to the car after surviving a downpour, the back of his shirt made me stop in my tracks… I asked […]