A site about my life, woodside in Squamish
A lot of us are drawn to trail and ultra running because we want to push ourselves, and we’re happier moving than sitting around. The training can feel relaxing and add a sense of purpose to our daily life, and the race is like a …
The following article is based on my personal experiences of heat training and coaching, and material I learned through UESCA‘s Ultrarunning Coaching Certification. I live in Squamish, Canada, a mountain town that gets only 56 hours of sunshine, and an average high of 5 degrees …
“Breastfeeding is best for babies.” This is what the side of my Enfamil A+ baby formula container preaches. Nowadays, in North America, the main message is that we should breastfeed our babies. Articles like this one abound, telling us that breastmilk is superior to fortified …
We got a fancy trail running stroller (the Thule Glide 2) even before we ever bought diapers, and it’s probably one of my lifetime best purchases. Not all babies love being strapped into a stroller, but it works for most parents I know. The stroller …
My heart aches to hear that the founder of HURT, John, has just passed away this week. Thank you John for creating such an inspiring community in paradise, a place where we can all go to test ourselves, and a second family that are the …
Originally written July 17, 2013. Just about three weeks ago, the quest of running in virgin landscapes brought us to Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia, where we began a two week running adventure through the world’s least populated country. For two weeks, the curiosity of our feet …
Originally written with awesome contributions from Laurel and Tara on June 10, 2013. In typical fashion, I impulse-bought airplane tickets to go run the Rim to Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon. Thankfully Laurel and Tara naively committed, all before doing any long thinking …
Originally written July 29, 2013 Before we went to Mongolia, we knew there would be a slight altitude difference from our sea level hometown, but we didn’t think much of it, because it seemed it would be much lower than the risk zone for altitude …
Originally written September 1, 2013 Until last weekend, Angel was a friend of a friend. She was this courageous, ballsy woman I had met who was training for her first 100-miler called Cascade Crest 100, even though none of us were ready to face that …
Originally written September 29, 2013 I feel like trail running is all about having a conversation with your natural environment, whether it’s a mountain, plateau, steppe, or even, a desert… It’s just a few moments, or more likely, several hours, where we get to learn …