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Tag Archives: passion
Poetry Friday: The smells of the day
The Smells of the Day Asparagus a day later. Quiet desperation on a young techie at a networking event. Familiar aftershave on a stranger at Burrard and Pender. This pavement offers no fucking consolation. I’ve been walking, even running, for … Continue reading
It’s not about me this year
Well, sorta kinda it is about me, but it’s really not. I’ve signed up to be a volunteer pace group leader at a Frontrunners marathon running clinic, starting January 12 and leading up to the 40th BMO Vancouver Marathon May … Continue reading
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Tagged LinkedIn, marathon, motivation, passion, run clinic, Running, training, YMCA
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Abandon all Hope…
Y’all know I write for Life As A Human, right? Here’s an excerpt of the latest of mine to be published there: Hope is six years old. “I hope I’ll get an ice cream cone today. I hope grandma doesn’t … Continue reading
My second job
Did I simply forget how tiring it is to train for a full marathon? Or could it be the extra weekly run and two extra boot camp sessions per week that have me begging for mercy? Take a little from … Continue reading
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Tagged fatigue, LinkedIn, marathon, motivation, passion, Running, strength training, tired, training
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Coming clean
{I made this post sticky for a couple of days because it is featured in Schmutzie’s Five Star Friday for May 7} I lay sobbing in my bath tonight. I had just returned home from a business trip, running on … Continue reading
Posted in Creative
Tagged bath, bathing, Creative, friends with benefits, fun, passion, single, tired
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Seen on my run
Suits, heels on downtown city streets, tired faces dodged. A former colleague from the Ministry. A smile hello. Long steps down to the seawall from the new convention centre. Float planes and large yachts. Bejewelled harbour; I feel glittered in … Continue reading
Beginning the ascent
Several times in the past three weeks my mouse has hovered over the “submit” button for another fall marathon. Each time, a little voice in my head says: “Wait until after your Half Marathon in May. Don’t you want to … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Climbing, Half Marathon, hiking, LinkedIn, marathon, motivation, Mystic Beach, passion, Vancouver Island
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Running with the wind and the driving rain
At 5:30 this morning it was pouring rain and windy in Victoria. Why would that stop me from running? They don’t postpone races until the weather is better, so why postpone a training run because the weather’s bad? It was … Continue reading
Sport sponsorship for the rest of us?
Here’s an idea – please tell me if it’s been done before: why don’t more sports companies sponsor individual run-of-the-mill non-elite average athletes? I don’t mean picking someone with talent and paying them to do their sport full-time, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Climbing, FiveTen, fun, Ironman, Joshua Tree, Kelty, LinkedIn, Lululemon, Mammut, Mountain Hard Wear, New Balance, passion, Patagonia, Rockies, Running, Silliness, sport sponsorship, Sugoi, training, triathlon
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