How a dream became a plan, and the plan turned into a belt buckle

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I’ve often wondered this question myself, and I get asked it from clients, so I compiled some information for us to use as a guideline as...

We’ve all been here: we missed our goal time in a race and we begin to dissect all the things that went wrong. While identifying what...

Last weekend, I was headed out for my long run, and as soon as I pulled on my shoes, I knew there was an issue. There was an immediate...

I vividly remember the moment that I officially set my goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon. It was Patriots’ Day in 2017. I was...

The Calgary Marathon is fast approaching! As you start to settle into that final week of taper and dial in your nutrition before the big...

Most of us have been there – you just set a big, exciting goal and you are ready to put in the work to achieve it. You start getting into...

At the beginning of the year I set a fairly arbitrary goal for myself and announced it to the “world” (aka my few instagram followers...

Has this happened to you? It's a gorgeous weekend morning, the sun is rising, a light breeze is fluttering through the trees leaves...

Anyone who has ran a few races has likely experienced this: you’ve trained for months, you followed your plan and nailed your key...

The work is done. And now you wait…anxiously for race day while reducing your mileage to that of a sane person, making you feel more...

Since Covid, more people have found themselves running than ever. I discovered I had neighbours who owned running shoes (and dogs – who...

As a Coach, the most common thing I have to teach a new client is to pull back the paces on their easy days. I often hear “it feels...

It always amazes me when I meet someone who doesn’t drink coffee because my morning cuppa’ joe is one of my favourite moments in each...

Last month I introduced stride rate to you all. As a reminder, stride rate is one of the variables in the formula for speed since Speed =...

If I had a dollar for every client who mentioned the heat to me this week…and rightfully so! We have been blasted with a heat wave and...

This week I want to talk about cadence, with focus on two things: 1) Why do we care about cadence? 2) How can we improve it? 1. Speed =...

We have all heard that mental training is so important to running. And any of us who have raced can attest to why – when the going gets...

Have you ever found yourself planning your route so that you avoid all hills at all costs? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. But, during...