(an open blog to thank Tom Williams…)It was the end of triathlon season 2009. People on Twitter started to talk about winter training. Darkness. Cold hours. The return to chlorine pools instead of open water lakes.And somehow, through some twitter chance, I happened upon an idea that would redefine my winter training fun.Tom Williams, a […]
I must admit DH and I are kind of creatures of habit. Coming up on about 15 years together, and 10 years of marriage, you can imagine that we have kind of a nice routine going on. One of those routines involves cooking (and eating) together. We try to plan out our meals, and inevitably […]
In 2009 around the summertime I was messing around on my Twitter account, and I did a search for running. One name stood out: @operationjack. I clicked onto Sam’s profile, and noticed a few things. First, some of the people I follow on Twitter were following Sam. And second, he was tweeting a lot about […]
Last week marked my return to cycle commuting.OK, I admit it. I am not a huge fan of: Cycling on ice Cycling in rain Cycling in the dark Cycling in the winter So I breathed a huge sigh of relief a few weeks ago when I realised that the sun was coming up around 6.30, […]
A few weeks ago I participated in the #i8this challenge on Twitter. It was started by Christine Lynch, the Holisticguru, as a way to spur on food awareness of what we are eating, and also to become inspired by what other people were eating.I realised I had some chicken in my fridge that needed cooking, […]
“Make No Mistake, That Body Bag’s for You” ~ PunkRockRacing.com Ok, that may be a bit of a severe start to my Monday blog. But if there is one thing that I discovered this weekend, it is that my journey is going to be about giving it my all both physically AND mentally. On Saturday, […]
A few months ago on Twitter, Astrid commented that someone had said that it was easier to use store bought green curry paste for a home cooked curry than to make your own. We both agreed that we completely disagree with this comment. Making your own green curry paste is not hard. In fact, it […]
(I would like to thank Mish at Eating Journey for inspiring me to think about love – she is publishing the extracts of many bloggers Self Love posts during the month of February on her blog – check it out.)I love…First light in the morningBreathing fresh airThe sound of waves crashing on the shore,Beach sand […]
“The best thing that has happened to me is realizing that I can do more than I thought I could.“A few weeks ago I quoted Anissa Mayhew in my blog. Anissa is a blogger, a mother, has a wicked sense of humor, and suffered a stroke at the end of 2009. She is slowly making […]
Today’s recipe is once again from Alicia Ambroso, aka Ali the Runner. I follow Alicia on Twitter, and she is a great source of food inspiration, workout motivation, and old school tunes. She also writes a great blog which is well worth a read. And she’s doing a marathon this year for TNT (Leukaemia and […]