For the month of April we are going to be including stairs into our training! Why you ask… Because climbing forces us against gravity making running up stairs really hard! and what happens when we push ourselves to do something that is really hard… We get stronger!! The challenge is as follows: April 1-6 run up and down 5 times …
The Coastal Challenge, ready or not, here we come!
With the Coastal Challenge only three weeks away, we decided it was a good time to talk about our journey, our feelings and our fears! I remember one night I was browsing “Instagram” on the hashtag #trailrunning. I stumbled upon a girls feed by the name of Gemma Slaughter. She had amazing pictures of trail running near to where we …
A Finish with Support from my Friends! – Squamish 50km
I met Hailey and Courtney about a year ago. After our first run together, I had both of them talked in to doing there first 50 km trail race, and it wasn’t just any race. We were set to run the Squamish50 which boasts 2500m of climbing, and 90% of epic single track trail running in squamish. I have already previously done 50k, …
A Finish No Matter What! – Squamish 50km
Squamish 50km Ultra Trail Race August 10, 2013… where do I start… how can I describe this race, my first ultra experience. The day was brutal… to say the least. All of those gruelling months training in the trails, the dedication, the hard work, lead up to this race, the biggest race of my life. I was more excited then …