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Training over the holidays (apparently for a pie-eating contest)
Right now I’m overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of a little cottage, perched on top of some cliffs on the south shore of Bermuda. This tiny island truly is a slice of paradise: sun above,...
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Looking for Emerald Nuts in London…
How did your New Year’s Eve turn out? Personally, I’ve always chosen the low-key NYE option over making uber-cool NYE plans. For years, I spent NYE with my parents, my sister and my brother-in-law at...
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Blue Monday? More of a dull grey in London…
Mondays are always a little depressing, but according to my favourite Canadian newspaper today tops them all. I went online this evening to check up on what was happening back in the motherland, and...
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Multi-day racing: choosing your food
Wow, has it been ages since I’ve written on this blog! I would like to say that I just lost track of time, but my sister has kindly provided me with bi-weekly reminders that I’ve been dropping the...
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Musings of a vegan hypochondriac
Greetings from Chicago!! I’ve gone a bit off the radar ever since I finished the Australia race. Truth be told, I put myself in a self-induced chocolate and champagne stupor for the past couple of...
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Adventures in Afghanistan: Running on Lockdown
Today is the first day I feel seriously caged in. I’ve actually been surprised so far at how easy the transition has been. I thought that it would be really tough coming to Afghanistan, but the truth...
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When it Rains, It Poo-rs: Training with Dysentery
I thought I had a relatively difficult challenge on my hands trying to prepare for one of the hardest, most competitive 100 milers in the world while living in a war zone. Apparently the universe...
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Putting off Exercising? Tips for fighting procrastination
I woke up this morning and 101 reasons NOT to get up for a run popped into my head. I had a bit of Delhi Belly leftover from my trip to India last week, I had a throbbing pain on the right side of my...
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Bullets, Bombings and Bandanas: Guest post on Go Trail
Hey everyone!! Two things: one, check out my post here on Go Trail with my FAV editor, James Hallett, and two, if you’ve enjoyed reading my blog over the past year, please consider nominating...
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Rest, recuperation and running
“I think running is your meditation”. I had just come back from my second long run while staying at the Kandy Samadhi Centre in Sri Lanka and Waruna, the owner, invited me to sit down for a chat while...
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Preparing for Everest: Interview with Lucy Rivers Bulkeley
When Dylan Thomas wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night”, he wrote it with Lucy Rivers Bulkeley in mind. This is one girl that simply does not know the meaning of taking it easy. And thank...
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Hitting the Wall
Hitting The Wall. One minute you’re cruising along, legs pumping rhythmically beneath you, and the next minute you’re brought to a grinding halt. Colours dim, noises quiet, clouds roll in. Your legs...
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Embracing the battle scars
Here we go again… I had just fallen headfirst down one of the trails descending from Col de Brevent to Chamonix in epic fashion (as I tend to do). Rather than jump up right away and dust myself off, I...
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Treadmill Workouts
No one actually likes using the treadmill. It’s a machine that was designed for lab rats, not human beings. Running in place next to a bunch of other sweaty robots in a gym? No thank you. I would much...
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Interview with UltraRunnerDad: Running Strong at 60
One of my most favourite running memories involves my Dad. It was on 18 October 2013, my Dad’s 59th birthday, and we were at our family cottage. I had come home from abroad just a few days prior,...
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Weekend escape to Portugal
Now that I live in Geneva with the Alps at my doorstep, you wouldn’t think I would need to travel anywhere to train… But I can’t deny that sometimes I just feel an innate need to get away. Sometimes my...
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Expert advice: Stretches and Exercises for your Knees!
If you’re a runner, chances are you have had a knee issue at some stage. Or at least been worried about it happening. We all tend to have this belief that running is inherently bad for our knees, but...
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