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Poor Life Choices: May 2015
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Tuesday, 12 May 2015. A Bunion, an accidental death metal concert, and returning to running. Signature Alex thumb picture. With live music in the corner. No. We realized we may have been slightly out of our element. At intervals, loud, large men would throw up their hands and yell 'TACOOOOO! Actually, Nic also did this. We are very excited to return to this event next year and bring more friends.
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Poor Life Choices: November 2014
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Sunday, 16 November 2014. I am making my New Year's resolutions early. Early means now. Honestly, I am making life resolutions, because I am sometimes not very good at life. Here they are, in no specific order. 1 Do not end up involuntarily in Lucy's spare bedroom for the THIRD time due to my lack of judgement in relationships. That time we did a run and didn't start on schedule. My apartment is old. I planned ahe...
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Poor Life Choices: January 2015
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Sunday, 18 January 2015. Living the cliche (and also the dream). The blow-dryer is not a big hit. There is a saying: "Things persist until you have learned what you need to learn from them.". Most importantly, I have learned that I needed to get a cat. So, one day in December when it never quite seemed to get light, I got an email from Craig. The e-mail had a picture of a cat and "Do you want a cat? Me: "And when ...
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Poor Life Choices: July 2015
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Sunday, 12 July 2015. Getting Lost on Howe Sound Crest. Somewhere around the Lions. The route is 28km and 2,600m elevation gain on trails filled with roots, rocks and views. Well, just kidding on the views. By this time, we were getting tired. It was four hours in. We gambled - we would follow the trail, and would hitch-hike back to our car from whatever trailhead we ended up at. Most of the trail had no cell rece...
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Poor Life Choices: August 2014
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Thursday, 28 August 2014. Come on and let your red heart show. Everyone, during the run, took a turn at the back of the group. Everyone - except me. Here's the thing about running long in groups - we're supposed to get each other through the ups and downs. I take my spot at the back of the group, because it will always, sometime, be me back there, relying on my friends to pull me through. I talk about running, a l...
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Poor Life Choices: June 2014
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Wednesday, 11 June 2014. Barry does a 100-mile race (San Diego 100 - take two). A year ago, I traveled to San Diego with Barry to pace him for his first 100-mile race. A year is a long time. About a month before the race, it looked like pacing might be an actual possibility. However, there was no way my ankle could handle running 50km straight. Enter pacer #2. Amber: "What are you doing tomorrow? The town of Julie...
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Poor Life Choices: Please No Panic
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Sunday, 26 October 2014. My friend James is the CFO of a mining company that has a site office in Medellin, Colombia. Before one of his first trips to Colombia, he received an email (considerately written in English, as his Spanish still starts and ends with "cerveza") about what to expect:. Medellin has several muggings. Of this I have experienced. Please no panic.". Me, 10am: "My foot still hurts! Me, 12:30pm: "...
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The Running Therapist.: February 2013
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A view inside the life of a runner coming up in the city of Vancouver. Monday, February 25, 2013. Sigge's P'ayakentsut. A place to train oneself physically. Good day to all! For those of you who do not know is a ski event (or Loppet) which Sigge's. Has been great for us in the last few seasons and their boots have always been a hit with the North American market. Fischer skis have always had a global stronghold on sales by numbers and their skis speak for themselves. Salomon's Ski. Stay tuned for more ex...
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Poor Life Choices: February 2015
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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Me, on twitter. Best Running Club EVER. Barry, trail buddy. Wednesday, 25 February 2015. Her question stayed with me - sometimes, life gets tough. Is it better to know what's coming - does it make a difference in how you can deal with it? Instead, I'll write about hiking Mt. McFarlane. Meth") I used the one bar of reception on my phone to send out the safety notification to my girlfriends, then set off down the trail to the clink of my loaned ice axe against the buckle on ...
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