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Some days…
July 3, 2013
Diabetes
Some days, the last thing you want to do is pull yourself out of bed when the 5 a.m. alarm shrieks from across the room. Some days, the hardest thing…
Grouse Grind: Eight years of love-hate
July 2, 2013
Training
The girl looked over at the boy sitting at the desk kitty corner to hers. “How hard could the Grouse Grind really be?” she asked. The boy was a good…
On your marks, get set…
July 1, 2013
Diabetes
It’s funny, when I compare my MEC 10 km race from last week to my BMO 8 km race in May, it’s like night and day. MEC had me satisfied.…
‘Ohmygawd! I just peed my pants!’
June 26, 2013
Pregnancy in Diabetes
Warning: In case you didn’t notice from the headline above, this post may be TMI for some. You have been warned. At about 7 km into Sunday’s race, my brain…
MEC 10 km: Personal best!!!
June 24, 2013
Diabetes
Soooo, hey, I sort of, kind of, totally raced my butt off yesterday morning! Hehe 😀 Beyond a couple tweets, I pretty much kept my participation in the Mountain Equipment…
Spanish Chorizo and Lentil Soup: cooking 101
June 21, 2013
Diabetes
May 29, 2013 Cook’s Illustrated – March/April 2013 Spanish Chorizo and Lentil Soup “To achieve authentically deep, complex flavor in this hearty soup, we had to turn down the flame.”…
Diabetes experiment: FAIL
June 17, 2013
Diabetes
I knew when I got pregnant having a baby would be expensive. I knew we’d have to make sacrifices, trips would be postponed, hair appointments wouldn’t be as regular, and…
Endurance training and baby
June 12, 2013
Running
I knew that when I got pregnant with Little Ring, our lives would change huge. We would no longer be able to go out at the drop of a hat,…
With fingers crossed
June 10, 2013
Diabetes
Dear PoP friends, I must confess. I haven’t been entirely honest with you all. I haven’t been lying either, but I’ve also not been offering up full disclosure. And some…
My Birthday: National Running Day
June 5, 2013
Diabetes
I have long believed June 5 was the greatest day of all. Forget Christmas. Forget Valentine’s. June 5 is all about me. One hundred per cent me. And well, I…
June
June 1, 2013
Uncategorized
What I love about this month: I love that I can eat as much ice cream cake as my heart desires. I love the phone calls, the emails, the text…
9 months: ‘Happiness is a warm puppy’
May 30, 2013
Uncategorized
Dear Little Ring, Over the last 9 months, we have called you Silly Goose, Gooey Duck, Magoo, Bug-a-Bug, and other loving terms of endearment, but these days, my darling boy,…