16 Sep I’m turning into a fly?
I think I'm turning into a fly. Over the past few months, patches of scaly white skin is taking over my body. From a small coin sized patch on my right leg, it began growing...
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12 Sep Feeding the body — a training story
Since my last post about heart rate monitors, I've had a few more epiphanies. Or, I should say some slap-in-the-face realisations. One: since training began a few weeks ago, I'm hungry all the time! I...
29 Aug Battle with the heart rate monitor: Art verses Science
My sweet man (the engineer who needs numbers) has asked, even begged, for me to wear a heart rate monitor while I cycle. "Mmmfff. I go by feel (me the artist and free-spirit). I don't...
16 Aug Epic Israel – training begins.
Ok. I've never trained for any kind of sporting event. Yes, I rode in the Ontario Cup mountain bike races last summer, but honestly, I really didn't change my fitness routine that much. I drank...
30 Mar Amazonian mountain mama
I love many things about travel, but one thing that stands out is change. If you don't like a place, you can change your direction and plans immediately. If the rest of daily life were...
15 Mar Grubs, alligator and monkey on Amazonian Menu
Iquitos. Capital of the Peruvian Amazon. A city only accessible by boat or plane. Impressive. Little motorcars buzzing through the streets outnumber people. Busy. Yet, imagine floating homes on stilts; and decrepit Colonial homes with colourful...
08 Mar Peruvian beach to mountains
Paracas National Park, which has been mined and scrapped of most of its salt--this is a theme I'm discovering throughout Peru, is now a desert on the ocean. "It hasn't rained here in over 100...
05 Mar Solace and the birds
I haven't changed clothes in two days (bra, sports underwear and a cheap summer dress); Ditched the sandals; feet black. I smell like sweat and sand. Simple. Dumped my human-being-sized backpack into a seaside room, then hit the...
03 Mar Throw up over Nazca Lines?
Ok, I didn't, but I really, really wanted to vomit in the plane flying over the Nazca Lines. Mel, you didn't have enough of that last week? Imagine, one of the most mysterious, and oldest...
01 Mar All in a day of travel
Today I saw a man get hit by a car. About 50 meters away, I saw his body hit the front hood, but it was the sound that I can't get out of my head....