Category: sports
For the second time in three days, I woke up with a charley horse in my right calf this morning. The last time I had a bout of charley horses, the culprit ended up being insufficient amounts of sodium – I was doing a lot of physical activity and eating only things I’d been making […]
Given my complete absence from the blog since the day before the half marathon, you are probably thinking that I collapse in a giant heap along the route. Well, I am happy to report that this was not the case ((You are probably sick of hearing me whine about being too busy to blog, so […]
Spent this afternoon at a birthday party for Devon’s 6-year-old niece. Devon’s sister made some very cool things, which I totally want to steal for future parties – such as fruit kabobs served by sticking the kabobs into a “stand” made from half of a watermelon and individual servings of veggies and dip made using […]
So, I’m running a half marathon in just over day and I hadn’t been out for a run in nearly two weeks! Zounds! How did that happen?? Well, I committed myself to running the weekly long run in the half marathon training plan that I use and the last long run was two Sundays ago, […]
Today I ran my last long run before the Victoria half marathon. It was 20 km, which required me to run from the New West Quay, which is near my place, all the way to Vancouver and back! 20 km is a lot of kms. As you may recall, I decided back in June that […]
As you know from my constant yammering about it, I’m training to run the Victoria Half Marathon and my IT band is not happy about it. I had to run 18 km today – my second last long run before the actual race – and since the hilliness of New Westminster seems to be what’s […]
The official movie trailer for Lace Bite, the documentary about the Longest Game of Hockey for Cystic Fibrosis: The movie is also now listed on IMDB and is an official selection at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival!
As I mentioned previously, my IT band hates me and I bought a foam roller to try to torture said IT band into submission. Foam rollers, for the uninitiated, are cylinders made of styrofoam that you roll your body over to work out knots (a.k.a., “trigger points”) and tightness of your various body parts. My […]
Sorry, I couldn’t resist that title. Tonight I had my first hockey game of the season! And while we got slaughtered, it was still lots of fun! Also, much to my relief, despite having not played since the spring, I still remember how to skate and stickhandle. Sadly, my shot has not miraculously improved through […]
In the constant battle against my own muscles which are apparently trying to kill me of late, I had forgotten about one of the most wonderful tools in my arsenal – Epsom salt baths! Now, I have to say first of all, I have *no idea* if there is any scientific evidence to support Epsom […]