I don't go home often. From Toronto, it's a $500 flight or 24-hour drive to Nova Scotia. Home is far. But, home is also so different than Ontario, and Toronto. If you've ever visited the East, then...
In the past, when I felt unglued, I saw a therapist. When I stopped feeling unglued, I stopped seeing a therapist. Or, maybe, I couldn't afford it anymore? But, I like to think that because...
Changing seasons, hormones ...
After three days of almost 270 kilometres through Upper Galilee (northern Israel), and climbing something crazy like 5,000 meters, we did more than survive. Partner Karen Duff and I came in second place out of...
In one weekend we, Paul and I, squeezed in a game, if that is what you can call it, of tennis, a nine-course tasting menu, piggy petting, climbing a tree, hiking some trails, swimming in...
It's been two weeks since returning home from Israel. After placing second in a mountain bike stage race, my adrenaline is back to normal and so is my appetite-- not eating every two hours whatever...
I thought I wouldn't finish Epic Israel-- three days of monster climbs, desert heat and almost 300 kms. We came in second. My partner and I came in second?Our category was four women's only teams- the...
So, understandably, I am pooped after climbing almost 1,500 meters in one day, riding over babyhead rocks in dried out riverbeds (many we walked over), squinting at the blinding dust of the start, hoping I...
It's the night before the big Epic Israel race. The hardest thing I have ever done physically, and with it, all the mental challenges and doubts that brings! So, I'm trying to pump myself up. I'm...
Mountain biking law #1: never grab both brakes, hard. EVER. I know this. Yet, as I am slow-mo in the air, flying off my bike after grabbing the brakes, I wonder one thing: how can I...