Want to know a not so secret, secret? I adore the holidays. Yes I know, lots of people adore the holidays, but I’m a little bit extra obsessed. I love giving gifts and seeing people get excited about the anticipation of the season. The decorations, the music, it all excites me a little too much […]
My 2013 Race Season is OVER!
Yup, as of about 9:45am Sunday morning my race season is over! Sunday was actually the first time I’ve run since my half so it wasn’t my speediest but I covered the 7km in 44:19 which I was still happy with! I’ve run more races this year than any other year in the past, and aside […]
How To Make The BEST Microwave Popcorn
If you’re like me you like popcorn but don’t have room to keep a popcorn popper in your kitchen. So, you probably buy microwave popcorn at the store so you can pop a bag whenever you want, right? Well let’s forget about all the crap that is in microwave popcorn (in fact I can’t eat it […]
She Blogs LINK2013 Conference
The time has finally arrived for me to spill the beans on the SheBlogs LINK 2013 conference I went to a month ago in Toronto. I’ve been wanting to write this post ever since I got back, but for one reason or another it’s taken a bit longer than I expected. SheBlogs is the ad […]
Meet the SweatGuru!
I am so excited for my friends Alyse and Jamie who many of you know as the founders of Fit Approach, today they are launching their newest project SweatGuru in SF, NYC and LA {world domination to follow shortly 😉 }! As their San Francisco based Boot Camp classes started to rise in popularity, Jamie and […]
San Francisco October 2013
I still have to write a post about the actual Nike Women’s Marathon from last Sunday, but in the meantime I thought I’d share a few photos rom my trip with you! I’m being a bit stingy and only sharing my iPhone photos instead of those taken with my regular camera, but I haven’t had […]
Valley Harvest Marathon 2013
Happy Tuesday! Here in Canada we are just getting back int o the swing of things after our Thanksgiving long weekend, and I officially ran my last real “run” before this weekend’s Nike Women’s Half in San Francisco (yikes! How it that only 5 days away??). I’ve run the 5K the past few years, […]
Oceans For Tomorrow
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Cooking School at the Atlantic Superstore in conjunction with Oceans for Tomorrow Week celebrating sustainable seafood. Loblaws (owners of Atlantic Superstore) were the first major food retailer in Canada to commit to sourcing 100% of the seafood sold in their stores from sustainable sources by the […]
Make Meal Time Easy this Autumn
The kids are back to school, and the rest of us are trying to get back into a more structured routine with work, activities, and everything else that life throws at us,. And then all of us that are responsible for planning and making meals, we’ve got just one more thing to stress over. I […]
Training Recap Sept 3-9
Happy Monday! And indeed it IS a happy Monday! First things first – I didn’t run last weekend. Between getting back in the swing of my usual class schedule, working on new routines for classes, and preparing for Friday’s Zumba Master Class (which took a LOT of time), but the time the weekend finally […]