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• MOMday: Simple Sugar Free

  

  With the commencement of my sugar-free journey - I was frantically researching (gee - that doesn't sound like me AT ALL *sarcasm*). Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 14k with the Girls

  

  Well - with them for 5 of it anyway :) I had 14k on the schedule for today and two friends, Heather and JS, to run the last 5k with me. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dreadmill in the Office Gym

  

  I had a mid-morning meeting in our other building and the walk across the street had me dreading a run in that wind.  Since I had skipped yesterday's run due... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Reads: AlphaTangle by Sandy Steen Bartholomew

  

  Ok - this is going to seem a bit weird to review this one before I review a "Learn to Zentangle" book, but this was a quick read so I figured I would slot it in... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday

  

  1) I was so incredibly excited to get an email from MEC yesterday. It looks like their $15 race series is now CHIP TIMED!!!!! Best. News. Ever. I am so looking... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Workout Wednesday: The Great Sugar Break-Up of 2013

  

  After my Sugar Monster post on Monday, I was nearly overwhelmed by the response I got (both in comments and over my email) and judging by my blog feed - a TON o... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tuesday Hills with Tina

  

  The schedule called for Hills today and I was very happy to have my run buddy, Tina along for the slog. Honestly neither of us were really feeling the hills, bu... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sugar Monster

  

  For the past month, sugar has been weighing heavily on me.   It's easy to tell the moment it started.  It was when I found out my dad had been diagnosed Type 2... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Magical Run

  

  The plan for today was simple.  Run 12k solo then have coffee with Amy. Easy peasy. Then Buggie and Doodle woke up early and, as a result, I headed out of the... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Reads: You Can Create an Exceptional Life by Hay/Richardson

  

  First - a disclaimer: I am not one to usually buy in to metaphysical self help mumbo jumbo crap. So, what led me to buy this book when I happened upon it in... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hill Drawing for Amy

  

  My friend, Amy, is always telling me that my Nike maps look like different things: scorpion, Easter island statues etc...so today when I started out for the... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday

  1) I am unbelievably, overwhelmingly, ecstatically happy that it is a long weekend.  Four days of nothing here I come! We aren't a religious family so it feels... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tabata the Run Spice Girl

  

  Yep - today was speedwork day.  And I really didn't want to.  I have visions of sitting at my desk, sketching my lunch away.  But really - I knew I had to do it... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Longest Run Since Goofy

  

  This morning was super cold (-16C when I left the house...nearly died freezing while gassing up the car), but I headed to Calgary to meet up with JS for my 10k... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Reads: No Book Today, But....

  

  I am mid-book on a few right now so have no new reviews to share...but my friend Anna, tweeted this to me yesterday and it is too awesome and mostly book relate... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The One Where I Wore a Hat

  

  It was close.  I came this close to skipping today's 6k easy run. Not for lack of wanting to. But more because I was scheduled to test technology until 12:30 an... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday - Positivity Edition

  My brain has shifted this week and I am feeling really positive about a lot of the areas of my life.  More positive than I have felt in a while. 1) My Dietbet i... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hills x 6

  

  Since I had a team lunch yesterday, I made up my hill workout at lunch today. and while there's not much to say about the actual run...I pushed. Hard. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Techy Tuesday: Kobo Glo Unboxing

  

  I didn't really tell you all about the day my Kobo Touch died. Probably because I didn't know for 3 days after. I had set it up to charge on the Friday morning. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dietbet Update

  Week one went really well.  I tracked my food.  I walked 10,000 all but 2 of the days. I prepped my food and only had one teeny cup of coffee all week (after... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION