When I began training for a marathon in March I did a fitness test to find out what my fitness level was like at the beginning of this whole journey. I blogged the results of that first test in my post You have to start somewhere. My goal was to establish a baseline I could compare myself to as I progressed through the program, and now is the time to do that comparison. Once again Ashley.. Read More
Today I participated in Terry’s Cause on Campus, a nation-wide event held at post-secondary institutions across the country. Terry Fox was a first-year kinesiology student at Simon Fraser University when he was diagnosed with bone cancer. It was during his final year at SFU that he ran the Marathon of Hope, so it is only fitting that university students and staff take some time to honour his legacy and continue to raise money.. Read More
Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of time writing about my own marathon training journey and while it has been a great experience, it has also been really hard. I’ve come to realize it’s a lot more difficult to write about myself than I thought it would be. As a journalist I’ve always found myself much more interested in telling other people’s stories than my own, so this week I.. Read More
Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of time writing about my own marathon training journey and while it has been a great experience, it has also been really hard. I’ve come to realize it’s a lot more difficult to write about myself than I thought it would be. As a journalist I’ve always found myself much more interested in telling other people’s stories than my own, so this week I.. Read More
This is going to be a super short post today because I am busy preparing a whole bunch of other great posts for next week. Today we completed our last long run before the marathon! Our three hour, 24.5 km run marked the end of the hard training which means… it’s taper time! As one of our coaches pointed out today, we’ve made it. I have been so focused on the actual race.. Read More