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Redemption Song
June 28, 2015
Diabetes
This was not my best race, it was not a pretty race, I did not push my pace, I did not pull off a personal best, I did not have…
Oh my aching, aching *elbows*
June 24, 2015
Running
Dear, dear, dear elbows, Please, please, please forgive me. I do not know what came over me, how I did not recognize/feel the err of my ways. Sure something felt…
The art of falling
May 25, 2015
Diabetes
It’s taken a few years, and a few practice tumbles, and a whole lot of curses, but it seems I have finally mastered the art of falling. Believe me, that’s…
Retching and running
May 4, 2015
Diabetes
Be prepared. That is one of the number one things on the ultimate running to-do list. Don’t forget this, don’t forget that, make sure to pack this, remember to wash…
A farm farewell
April 30, 2015
Uncategorized
I traveled the woods there. I got stuck in the towering trees there. I played make belief for hours on the arcs over stretching the ravines there. I feared the…
Diabetes: The frienemy strikes again
April 25, 2015
Diabetes
Oh Diabetes. Dear, Dear, DEAR Diabetes. This was to be your day. The day the spotlight was to shine all over your youness. The day when you would think you’d…
A new marathon of sorts
April 1, 2015
Diabetes
Dear Princess, It’s time to face it, you are not normal, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but when it comes to life with Dear Diabetes, no matter how…
Speed: 1. Cold: 0.
March 27, 2015
Running
To blog or not to, that’s a question I have been struggling with a lot lately. I have plenty of things to share, but not time it seems to put…
15 weeks: friends, fun, fortitude
March 18, 2015
Running
When I agreed to take on the leadership role of the UBC run study last fall, I was at a crossroads with my running; I was in a state that…
Mama and Little Ring style… postponed
March 16, 2015
Races
So where were we? Ah right, I had just conquered a huge 10 km personal best, but still had 400 metres to go… I’m not going to lie, it was…
Race recap: They say 10.4, I say 10.0
March 12, 2015
Diabetes
Wasn’t it just the other day I was shouting to the world PERSONAL BEST! PERSONAL BEST! PERSONAL BEST! Why yes it was, and last Saturday I was singing those glories…
30.6: “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen”
March 8, 2015
Parenting
Dear Little Ring, My sweet, sweet baby who is no longer a baby. You are the boy who I swear went from two to two and a half in the…