Diabetic to Dietetics

Blog readers, I need your help. A few months ago my big brother sent me an email asking if I was running the Vancouver Sun Run this year. Truthfully, it’s…

You see this tea, this chocolate chai tea, it was more than just tea for me, it was a brief moment today, just 10 minutes in a quiet corner of…

Dear husband, I regret to inform you that your best friend duties are no longer needed. To be blunt, you’ve been replaced. Don’t cry, there’s no need for tears here,…

Dear friends, if the sound of your lungs are anywhere near resembling the exhaust system of a 1980 Honda Civic, I have some words of advice for you that may…

Today didn’t exactly turn out the way it was supposed to. Under ideal conditions I would have been racing 15 km around Birch Bay. But, the stress fractures put a…

I choose life. About a month ago I was presented with an opportunity that at first I adamantly balked at. No way, no how was I going to be running…

Brace yourself folks, I have some news, unbelievable news, shocking news, your-mouth-will-be-left-agape news. Are you sitting down? Are you ready for this? Okay, here goes … be forewarned,  if you’re…

“And a good day to you too, Mr. Sun.” When I woke up this morning, a good hour and a half later than I usually would on a Sunday, the…

Phew. The fine-toothed comb and magnifying glass showed no signs of impetigo, or swimmer’s itch, or athlete’s foot, but my gawd, I spent a good 40 minutes freaking out about…

So. I’ve got stress fractures – note the ‘s’ in that sentence. When my phone rang yesterday morning at 7:30 a.m. I didn’t recognize the number and because I was…

I think I may have finally figured out a math equation, and it maybe one of the most important math equations of my life to date, well my running life…

Once upon a time in a land far, far away (well actually, not that far, just 45 minutes away) a princess woke with a start in her towering loft, which…