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Spartan Beast – Montana 2018

By stephanie 8 May, 2018

We left Vancouver around 3:30pm Thursday to make our way to Montana. We drove to Spokane and slept in a cheap hotel, then left Friday morning for Kalispell, Montana. The drive from Spokane to Kalispell was gorgeous! We went through Lolo National Forest between Idaho and Montana to get there. The event itself was in

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Spartan Super & Sprint Weekend Seattle – April 2018

By stephanie 28 Apr, 2018

I knew going in to this weekend that it would be muddy. Really really muddy. It was really muddy last year, and this was my 4th time at this venue. Somehow, when I’m out there, I feel like I made the best and worst decision. “Why did I choose to come here again, in the

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OCR World Championships 2017

By stephanie 17 Oct, 2017

What are the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC)? They are an independent organization who hold a world class series of obstacle course races, for which one needs to qualify. Independent as in, they are not affiliated with any particular obstacle course racing organization, such as the Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash, etc. Qualify

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The Boston Half Marathon

By stephanie 9 Oct, 2017

First things first, I want to clear up some common misconceptions about the Boston half marathon. The half marathon course is NOT a shorter version of the full marathon course. Yes, they are both organized by the Boston Athletic Association, but that is where their similarities end. The half marathon does not require one to

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How to complete a Spartan Race Trifecta – by accident

By stephanie 30 Sep, 2017

After completing my first accidental Spartan Race Super, next on my list was to deliberately race a Spartan Race Super. My race of choice: Spartan Super in Red Deer, Alberta. The first race in my life in which I had to board a plane (but not my last)! I chose this race because I had

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Spartan Sprint & Super Weekend in Vancouver – June 2017

By stephanie 13 Jul, 2017

Once upon a time in June, I declared that my club mates from Vancity OCR were crazy if they did BOTH races back-to-back on a weekend. And yet, how quickly I became one of these crazy people! It wasn’t something I had planned to do, it just sort of happened… So here I was, about

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5 Peaks Race 2 – Golden Ears – May 06, 2017

By stephanie 7 Jul, 2017

Feeling unimpressed with the technicality of the MEC trail races, I was on the hunt for something a little more challenging. I had heard about the 5 Peaks Trail racing series from a coworker last year, and he had nothing but good things to say about it. I consulted my race spreadsheet to see if

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2017 British Columbia running trail race
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Spartan Super & Sprint Weekend in Seattle – April 2017

By stephanie 26 Jun, 2017

Another double header weekend was happening in Seattle, and unlike the Beast & Super weekend in Seattle from 2016 that I was at, I did not volunteer on Saturday, the day before my race. I went down to visit a friend in Seattle and raced on Sunday. As much as I love volunteering, what I

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MEC Trail Race 2 – Mundy Park 5K – Apr 02, 2017

By stephanie 25 Jun, 2017

This was an interesting race. I convinced a couple of my friends to join me, one from my training club Vancity OCR (who is really awesome at encouraging me), and one of my friends that I had been doing lots of trail running with on the weekends (who is super fast and doesn’t care about

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MEC Race 3 – Pacific Spirit Park 5K – Mar 19, 2017

By stephanie 19 Mar, 2017

I was pretty excited about this race. I had yet to run this course. Despite running a lot of the trails at UBC, I had not yet been to this side. Since starting my 10K running plan, I have gotten faster. I know this because I have started using Strava, and my training plan is

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#ACSM #Clinical #Exercise #Physiologist - #biathlon, #cycling, #running. #mountains always. Also lives with #T1D - blogs about #health & #fitness

Stephanie Hendy (she/her)
#NoFilter Went out for a nice #walk with a friend #NoFilter 
Went out for a nice #walk with a friend I hadn't seen in a while.
Where we caught up on our #fitness #goals, life, our current projects, our future missions, and our mutual desire to save humanity. 
It's not easy #BeingGreen but I'm proud to be part of a movement that I'm ethically aligned with. 

Running in the BC provincial election was one of the best choices I made in 2020, and even if I took a little bit of a political break, I'm pleased with how many more driven people that the process connected me with.

I'm still reconnecting to myself - #exercise consistency is my 1️⃣ priority right now. And while I told my friend I wanted to #cycle up another #NorthShore #mountain this year, she tried to convince me to #TrailRun up to #BlackTusk and back in a day! 🤣 Yeah...someday, but not likely in 2021. 
Need to acquire a sweet carbon gravel #bike, first! Then join a #cycling club to literally, get my ass into gear!! ⚙️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♀️

#TrainingGoals #LifeGoals #GetOutside #WalkVancouver @greenpartybc #PointGrey #JerichoBeach #LocarnoBeach
Went back #XCskiing yesterday, after a sweet lesso Went back #XCskiing yesterday, after a sweet lesson on how to wax my #skis from @coastoutdoors. Freshly waxed, just in time for some fresh #snow / sticky conditions. 

I actually managed to capture the snow falling this time! ❄️

That corner there, is a sharp corner around the #tree at the end of #Sitzmark. Where I bailed last time. 🤣
I didn't bail this time and actually, I managed to transition from my snow plow to a step turn! I was so surprised that I had to stop and process my excitement. Then I took the picture! 😁

Still working on offset poling on my other side and my one-skate techniques. 

I learned that Saturday night is the least busy day on the mountain! I should go there more often, then. 👍🏼

I wanted to #ski longer but I was feeling tired of lifting my legs. My dietitian can't figure out why my #BloodSugars get so bonkers high. I told her that my #CGM is delayed. What I actually meant to say, is that it's too cold for it to read reliably, at all. I see the receiver hover around 5 mmol/L so I sip my sugar drink to avoid a low, and then get blindsided by a reading that's way off. This #DiabetesTech is starting to really irritate me... I'm already taping a hand warmer to my #Omnipod to avoid alarms from a fake cannula-occlusion. I'm happy that I found a solution for that problem, after pods failing on me for 2 years during outdoor activity. One would think for the insane cost of these devices that they would be a little more robust. How are other #T1D Canadians dealing with this⁉️

Also, a picture of my dinner because I was stoked to teach myself how to make tofu like in Chinese restaurants, and that magical Oyster sauce that goes on steamed Gai Lan. The rice, is a magical rice I bought local from @artisansake on Granville Island. Why is it magical? It was grown in Abbotsford, BC. It's such a small yield that they only offer one bag a year, and I made sure I got on their list. What does it taste like, you ask? Like the Pacific Rainforest. 🌲🏔️ A little green and metallic and earthy. 

#GetOutside #WinterWonderland #SkateSkiing #SkateSkier #t1dLooksLikeMe
Finally, my first day back at the #gym since my li Finally, my first day back at the #gym since my little #MountainBiking accident in early November, was yesterday. It was a *little* accident, a minor tear of my biceps brachii tendon, but still meant I couldn't #LiftHeavy for a while, as if that little tear became a big tear or rupture, then it would have been a BIG injury. 

I tested out doing #deadlifts with just the bar, first. That felt okay. I tested it out then with 135 lbs, shown here. Still felt good, but I wanted to wait to see how I felt today. Today, I feel fine! I am still going to increase the weight rather gingerly, until I feel my shoulder is closer to normal. I have a feeling lifting heavier is going to help me with the last of my recovery, as some muscles have been working too much to stabilize the shoulder joint. Me and my lacrosse ball have been painful friends, to help loosen the tight bits! 🙃

I avoided doing bicep curls completely, as though I like doing them, they aren't super necessary. I wanted to do the deadlifts and more posterior chain stabilizing movements. 

I'm so excited to get back to this!! My #BloodSugars have been awful since not #lifting. 

I was also pleased to see almost everyone wearing masks. Only two people I saw without masks. A huge improvement from 2 months ago, when only 10% of people wore masks. 
I really wish my gym had one hour booking slots, or equipment sign up sheets. Waits for equipment during peak times are still long, despite the gym itself not being super busy. 

#HeavyLifter #TrainForLife #StrongWomen #Strong #BackAtIt
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