Vegan Triathlete
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Week 14
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/14 weeks. 14 weeks until my A-race of 2013. Holy S**t. When I counted the weeks this morning I had a little jump of panic. Why? Well, let me just ... read more
More and more inspiration!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/On Monday I went to the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour viewing of some amazing short films. I try to go every year, but can’t always make it. Whenever ... read more
Weekend Recipes!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/Last week I made a wonderful meal of steamed veggies (peppers, onions, and spinach) on top of quinoa with a simple tahini dressing/sauce (tahini, garlic, Bragg’s). It was delicious when ... read more
Setting Goals
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/It’s the beginning of January and everyone knows that this is the time to make goals and resolutions for the new year. While I subscribe to this somewhat, I believe ... read more
Benchmark
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/Before starting a training program, it’s important to know where an athlete is at. You have to get a benchmark of her fitness level. This brings me to my own ... read more
Inspiration!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/It’s been a loooong time since I posted last. Lots has happened in my life, but little of it has anything to do with triathlon or training or even maintaining ... read more
Race Day!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/At tonight’s Team in Training “Inspiration Dinner” we were brought in to the dining hall by cheering staff and coaches in costumes with noise-makers, pom-poms, tu-tus, and so much purple ... read more
1 Day Left!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/Yesterday we left Saskatoon with our Prairie Team in Training team. I’ve never done a race with 50 other people, most of them strangers. However, there a few that are ... read more
In Memory
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/Last week I was asked to send a photo in of the person I was running in honour or memory of. Of course, I am running in honour of all ... read more
Countdown: 5 Days!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/The Vancouver Marathon is coming up in 5 days! After months of training and fundraising, we are almost at our goal. While MellowJohnny and my romantic relationship did not survive ... read more
Training hard or hardly training?
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/My absence on this blog goes through my mind often when I’m biking outside on the highway. Sometimes I will see the deer prancing beside me in a field and ... read more
Day 1
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/So it is officially Day 1. I have tried really hard not to eat anything with sugar over the past couple of days, but haven’t been too strict about it. ... read more
Now Sugar Free!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/For the month of February, I am taking on a new challenge. An intense challenge. I am giving up sugar. Completely. A few months ago I started thinking about how ... read more
Why this? Why now?
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/MellowJohnny really hates it when I talk to people about him having cancer. I can understand that. He’s kind of a private person and he’s shy about this awful disease ... read more
The Juggling Act featuring Moi
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/I have a little juggling act going these days. We are really pressing forward right now on fundraising because our recommitment date for the marathon is coming up on February ... read more
“Vegan Fundraising for Cancer? Uhhh… why?”
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/This upcoming Friday, MellowJohnny and I are holding a fundraiser for our endeavour to run a marathon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We have had lukewarm reception about it ... read more
Back at It!
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/By “it,” I mean training AND fundraising. Oh yeah, we are still fundraising for Team in Training. We did a bottle drive last weekend and we were very successful in ... read more
Dwight Schrute – A Great Personal Trainer?
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/The latest episode of The Office (one of my favourite shows these days) shows Dwight Schrute open a gym. Don’t worry, this post will not spoil the episode for you ... read more
Counting Blessings
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/As I was driving home from the winter biking interval session I coach, I felt so happy. It was at this moment that I realized that I had done it. ... read more
The November Blues
by: Vegan Triathlete - http://vegantriathlete.com/Yes, this post does have to do with training and working out despite what the title suggests. Sometimes November really kicks me in the ass. It’s a month of darkness ... read more
