A “Top 7 Trail Runs on Southern Vancouver Island” list wouldn’t be complete without including at least one trail in Saanich. Although the Westshore and Sooke are home to some of my most favourite trails, Mt. Doug Park is edging it’s way up there as one of the best places to run in Victoria (in …
The Coast Trail in East Sooke Park is probably my favourite trail on Vancouver Island. I love its incredible ocean views, that fresh smell of salty-ocean-meets-rainforest lingering in the air, its many points of interest (deep water caverns, old fish trap cabins, ancient petroglyphs and soaring eagles, just to name a few) and its challenging …
Sooke trails are hard to beat. In fact, I could probably come up with enough epic trail run routes to complete this blog series just in Sooke alone. But, since Sooke is a 40 minute drive from downtown Victoria, I decided to feature two of my Sooke favourites: the Coast Trail in East Sooke Park …
So I didn’t run any Vancouver Island trails last weekend, because I was too busy VACATIONING IN MAUI! Yes, it was amazing and wonderful and we had a blast. I didn’t do much running, or any kind of working out for that matter (except for lifting five bottles worth of wine to my lips in …
It took us two tries, but we finally made it to the top of Stewart Mountain, the next trail run I wanted to feature in this series. This trail route was tough to find, especially for a couple of directionally challenged trail runners like Debbie and me. I had run this route once a few …
This week, I’m going to feature another amazing West Shore run: the Goldstream-campground-past-the-gold-mine-to-the-trestle run, or to put it simply, the Trestle Run. This route is usually about 7 km, but of course, I forgot to restart my Garmin after stopping for a photo op, so my map and time for the run was off…. ugh! …
I’m not doing so great with this whole “cleanse” thing. Turns out I go crazy when I restrict things when I really don’t need to, especially if I want to keep my fitness (and sanity) up at the level where it’s at now. So it’s kind of just turned into this “only have one small …
I’m on day two of my mostly-eat-whole-unprocessed-and-nutritious-foods-like-a-human-should regimen and almost broke into a Terry’s Chocolate Orange because I was craving chocolate so bad today. This doesn’t bode well for the other 363 days of 2013 still to come. So I made something chocolatey out of whatever I had in my kitchen. I just threw all …
Well… I didn’t really meet the 2012 goals I set out in last year’s non-New Year’s resolution post, partly due to work/life factors, and partly because I didn’t follow my own advice of setting small, weekly goals for yourself as you work towards your larger goals. I didn’t end up competing in any triathlons in …
As part of my new do-whatever-I-feel-like-doing fitness routine I’ve got going on lately, my boyfriend and I have been exploring a few of the local Vancouver Island trails with the dogs almost every Saturday. Although sometimes I think I’d rather be flying through the trees, expertly side-stepping roots and clamoring up rocks like a mountain …
I think I did everything you aren’t supposed to do before a 21.1k race. I hardly ran in the weeks leading up to it. I went on a 18 km hike the week before followed by a 19.22 km run the next day “just to see if I could do it.” I did strength training …
Healthy eating starts at the grocery store, which is why this year’s Dietitians of Canada Nutrition Month campaign is dedicated to helping you plan ahead before you hit the aisles, as well as how to navigate the grocery store like a nutritionist and prepare healthy, home-cooked meals your whole family will enjoy. According to a … Continue reading »
Today’s post is a guest blog by Melanie Bowen, who has been researching the benefits of fitness and eating healthy during and after a cancer diagnosis. Not only does exercise and good nutrition help heal the body and improve one’s emotional well-being during diagnosis, treatment and remission, but also helps to prevent some cancers in … Continue reading »
I know I said that Mount Stewart would be the next featured trail run, and I did actually run there on Friday (…well, sort of), but I also did a race this weekend so I thought I’d post about that this week instead! The Hatley Castle 8 K is the fourth race in the Frontrunners … Continue reading »
Last week, I stumbled upon this post on Shape.com. After browsing through a few, I decided that the trails I run regularly in Victoria could definitely give those suggestions a run for their money. I mean, how many places in the world have this many well-maintained, amazing and beautiful trails, all within an hours drive … Continue reading »
I’d like to know, because I signed up for one taking place in Squamish on August 10! I’ve been getting out at least once a week lately for a long trail run, usually running for about an hour to an hour and a half on a few hilly trails. On Friday, my friend Debbie and … Continue reading »
Well, I made it through the weekend without any wine, coffee or chocolate. Success! I did cave and had a piece of dark chocolate tonight, and had some Shakeology as a snack today (I guess you can’t have it because it has natural chocolate flavour in it, and stevia). Three days is enough without chocolate. … Continue reading »
It’s 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, and while other 28 year olds are probably downing craft beer and inhaling spicy chicken wings at a pub somewhere (watching the Canucks game, of course), I’m nursing a camomile tea and taking clearly unstaged photos of something I NEVER thought I would be in possession of — … Continue reading »
