Did you know only 10% of Canadian kids get enough exercise? Ten per cent! That number makes my heart hurt. When I was a kid I was extremely lucky to be exposed to all kinds of sports at a young age. My mom was a skating teacher and recreation coordinator at a large rec facility in Calgary. My dad was a college hockey player and a talented ball player. Growing up we were.. 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 I want to.. Read More
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