Training involves sweating. Sometimes not training involves sweating too – as sweatiness is pretty common for folks with EDS (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome). So when my online grocery shop gave me the option of getting a 2-for-1 on a new variety of my deodorant of choice, of course I took it (and clicked twice). I was […]
It’s September and that means one thing – CMT Awareness Month. During the month of September I will be using my blog to play a part in raising Awareness with an “alphabet challenge” – blogging a letter / key word almost every day. Today is brought to you by the letter P. I hope my […]
I am going to start this post with the obvious: running has absolutely nothing to do with footwear. Well, *maybe* it has a little to do with footwear. But for me and my journey, running has been about learning and re-learning how to move. I started to focus on my running form in June 2011. […]
I was recently contacted by Simply Swim to see if I would be interested in trying out some free swim gear in exchange for a product review – specifically Speedo Biofuse fins, Speedo Rift Pro goggles and Speedo Biofuse finger paddles. I am fairly conservative when it comes to accepting freebies and doing reviews – […]
I started to blog about my journey to a healthy active lifestyle while managing chronic health issues in 2009. When I started to write I just wanted to keep track of my own thoughts and feelings as I tried to get fit. An unexpected outcome but an outcome I hoped for was that my experiences […]
In March of last year we eliminated gluten from our home. After years of telling me that he thought he had problems with wheat, I made the decision to “do a two week experiment” when I was away on a business trip, after chatting with an old friend on Facebook. We decided to go completely […]
The time has come for me to pull out all the stops to try to get my foot (and peroneal tendon) into race condition. The US Paratriathlon Nationals are in a week’s time, and my run volume has been low as I’ve been struggling to manage through tendon troubles. I have pretty much resigned myself […]
Back in January I participated in the Teapigs Matcha Challenge. I was asked by Teapigs to have their matcha every day for 20 days, and then to share my thoughts on my experience. It was kind of them to provide me with a matcha kit in return for my participation and this blog – especially […]
Sometimes life throws you something unexpected, that leads you down a path and direction to something so logical that you wish you could have seen the path yourself. And you are thankful that life threw you the chance to meet someone who introduced you to this path, idea, and direction. That’s the way that I […]
There are so many things I want to write about at the moment. Like the wrap up to my Matcha Challenge which I completed in January. And the latest and greatest on My Rubbish Diet (my week 3 update plus week 4 look ahead await!)… Or how my foot is doing after Egmond and the […]