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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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DIY Race Medal & Bib Rack

By stephanie 30 Jun, 2017

One of the fun souvenirs that one receives upon completing a race is getting a medal, or being given a race bib. A lot of the obstacle course races give out medals and headbands, and a lot of the road and trail running races give out race bibs. Some road/trail races do give out medals

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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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MEC Race 1 Stanley Park 5K – Jan 29, 2017

By stephanie 14 Mar, 2017

First race of the year, and I convinced a friend to do it with me. They wanted to train for the BMO half marathon in May, and hadn’t been running in a long time. I said “How about you do this 5K with me?” So they did! The weather this time was much better than

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OCR World Championships 2017
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2017 Race Schedule

By stephanie 6 Jan, 2017

I have most of my races already chosen and signed up for, because I wanted to keep with my 1 race per month frequency (which I started in August 2016 by accident). I wanted to select my races well in advance because a) I love being hyper-organized and b) I needed to know that races

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a visual collage of 2016
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2016 Year in Review

By stephanie 23 Dec, 2016

A lot of my loved ones, workmates, people I meet along the way, have asked me “How did you get into obstacle course racing?” or subsequently “How can I get into obstacle course racing?” to which, the answers are quite similar. I first learned about obstacle course racing about 5 years ago. The first one

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MEC Race 8 2016 – Garry Point Park 5K

By stephanie 10 Dec, 2016

It was such a gorgeous day. A little cold and crisp but clear and bright and sunny. Oh, and windy. Very very windy. Here is a video of me talking about the wind before the race: I had managed to rope one of my coworkers into joining me, as he had been expressing frustration that

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MEC Race 7 2016 – Stanley Park 5K

By stephanie 7 Nov, 2016

I wanted to make sure I kept up my monthly races, as I have been keeping up with my training always having a goal in mind. This race was only $10 (normally $15) because I got a discount from doing Rugged Maniac. I look forward to doing more of the MEC races because of the

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I did a #GravelBike #training session a couple day I did a #GravelBike #training session a couple days ago, with Jay from @tagcycling 
WOW! I had such a great time!! 😁

I was so happy that Jay knew a lot about #cyclocross, #RoadCycling, and #mtb, and had ridden most of the same #trails in North Van that I had ridden. Because it could help me describe what I was good and not so good at. 

I feel like the more gravel #riding that I do, the better of a road #rider and #MountainBiker I will become.

We did so many trails that I did on my #mountain #bike last year. I was nervous that I would get thrown from my bike without wearing any padding. Especially because my gravel bike is WAY faster and lighter than my mountain bike. But Jay showed me how to pick my lines, so that I wasn't going over a lot of bumps, but around them more. 

This pic was taken by Jay. My butt is lifting off my seat, because I'm getting ready to stand on my pedals to gnash up the hill in front of me (it goes up way farther than what's in this shot, and I didn't make it to the top without stopping. Jay was great at choosing terrain appropriate for my #skill level. 
I have to say, doing these standing climbs after I've been pedalling at an easy pace is quite the challenge! It's like my legs have to go from 3 to 8 intensity in 3 seconds! 

I can't wait to do it again next Wednesday! 😁

#GetOutside #GravelRiding #LearnToRide #TrainForFun
Yesterday's #GymWorkout was great! Despite forcin Yesterday's #GymWorkout was great! 
Despite forcing us to book ahead of time though, I still had to wait 15 minutes for a #barbell or a space to do #deadlifts. 🙄
I've tried not doing deadlifts as my first #exercise, and it really throws off my flow, and makes me feel sloppy.
And as much as I hated waiting, it was worth it, because doing my workouts late morning/midday while I can, has been amazing for my #BloodSugars ! 🤩

I'm wearing one of my Tough Mudder shirts, and it reminded me that once I am discharged from the ViaCyte trial on April 27th, that I *could* go back to #ObstacleCourseRacing. 
However, I'm not craving it, because I have really enjoyed the other activities I've sunk my teeth into over the past 2 years. And tbh, I miss the people and travelling for races more, than I did doing the races themselves. Of course, I had some amazing on course memories and beautiful interactions with people, but I won't be chasing it anytime soon.

Spartan Race was ruined for me when they became less inclusive as far as course design, to appeal to the pro racers and the NBC TV series. It became more of a suffer fest. Plus most of their courses were on equestrian ranches. Guess what's in that mud? Staphylococcus! 🤮 The nail was put in the coffin when the CEO made a post to his Twitter, denying the severity of COVID. Nope. Not giving that guy my money.

I would much rather do another Tough Mudder race, since those were way more fun, and involved a lot of cooperation with others on course. Plus, the pro categories would simply do the same obstacles multiple times, or have special secret obstacles just for them. No interference from the regular course. Sadly though, they got bought out by Spartan. 😭

So I'll just look forward to #training to do monkey bars and see if an #ocr series comes to BC that doesn't use equestrian ranches. 😛
If we are ever able to travel to the US again though, I am 200% down to do the #trail Ragnar relay race!! 

#reminiscing #MissMyOCRfam #OCRRaces #T1D #TrainForLife
This morning, I did a new thing: A #RoadCycling le This morning, I did a new thing:
A #RoadCycling lesson called "Join the Peloton" with @tagcycling .
It was SO AWESOME! 😁

People in my group were at my #fitness and #skills level, and we learned and practiced all kinds of fun stuff. Such as braking hard, feathering, more specific hand signals, verbal commands, riding in a group & drafting. 

The instructor was great!!
What a warm, welcoming bunch! 😊

It was a drop-in #training session. 
On Wednesday, I'll be doing their #gravel #bike lesson, then I also have an #mtb lesson coming up as well. 

I love it when I find appropriate sports clubs for where I'm at. It's the opposite of feeling left behind. Included and enjoyed, rather than excluded and tolerated. 

This whole week looks like sun, too! 🌞

#GetOutside #BikeSkills #RideBetter #TimeToRide #TrainSmart #SpringIsHere #BikeLove
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